5 Cricketers who missed out in the ICC's Test team of the decade

The ICC, on December 27th, 2020, announced the Test team of the decade. It was revealed that Indian skipper and batting superstar Virat Kohli will lead the team that has some blockbuster names in it. Apart from Kohli, the other Indian to make the list was Ravichandran Ashwin.

The England team had the maximum number of players in the Test team of the decade, with as many as four of their players finding a mention. Opening batsman Sir Alastair Cook, all-rounder Ben Stokes and the legendary fast bowling duo of Stuart Broad and James Anderson found their names in the list. The other fast bowler who was picked in the side was Dale Steyn.

David Warner was picked to open the batting alongside Cook, and Kane Williamson, Kohli, Steve Smith, and Kumar Sangakkara completed the batting line up. But then, there were some big names that were left out of the side by the ICC.

In this article, let us look at 5 cricketers who missed out in the ICC’s Test team of the decade:

5. Younis Khan

Younis Khan was in the stellar form right through this decade from 2011, till he retired from the game in 2017. The Pakistani legend played 97 innings in this decade, and scored close to 4700 (4659) runs. The right-hander scored 17 hundreds in this decade, and there was not a single year in this decade till his retirement in 2017, where he averaged less than 35.

Younis averaged 54.17 in Tests played between 2011 till his retirement in 2017, and also scored 4 double hundreds in this period. There was an accusation from the fans that there was not even a single cricketer from Pakistan who made it to the ICC Test Team of the decade. And, if there is one name that surely deserved a mention, it had to be that of Younis.

In his entire career, Younis featured in 213 innings in Tests for Pakistan and scored a colossal 10,099 runs in Tests at an average of 52.06. Till date, apart from Younis Khan, no Pakistani batsman has scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket.