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

4. AB de Villiers

One look at this man’s batting record in the time period between 2011 till his retirement from the Test format in 2018 makes us wonder as to how AB de Villiers was left out of the ICC Test XI of the decade. The South African batting Genius played 80 innings in this decade and scored 4063 runs at a stellar average almost touching 55.

De Villiers also scored as many as 10 hundreds and 23 fifties during the bygone decade. Another revealing factor that shows the remarkable consistency of the batting icon is the fact that De Villiers averaged in excess of 45 in 7 out of the 8 years that he played in this decade.

De Villiers’ overall numbers too, are glittering. The 36-year-old scored a total of 8765 runs in his Test career, at an average of 50.66. He is also the fourth highest century-maker for his country, with 22 tons to his name in the white flannels.