Best ODI XI of the decade among retired players
There are numerous cricketers who hung up their boots this decade and called it quits either solely from ODI format or from all formats.
3. Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
Kumar Sangakkara was one of the prolific run-getters for Sri Lanka across formats. Till the time he retired, Sangakkara was the torch-bearer of Sri Lankan cricket. He simply churned out runs for fun and yet, he didn’t get as much limelight as some of the others.
The left-handed batsman played ODI cricket till the 2015 World Cup and he had the most runs in the decade till he retired. Only two players had more than 6000 runs in the decade and he was at the top of the run charts. Sangakkara scored 6356 runs at an average of 52.96 from the start of January 2010. Kohli was the only other player who was close to him.
The Sri Lankan veteran also scored 15 tons and 42 fifties in this period. Thus, there’s absolutely no doubt that he will be among the first players in this XI of retired cricketers from this 2010s-decade.
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