Best ODI XI of the decade

2. Hashim Amla

The South African monk was one of the stalwarts of this format in the decade, smashing aside many records with his unparalleled consistency. He is the fastest to 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000 and 7000 runs in this format and he achieved all of these numbers in this decade. He scored the most runs among South Africans in international cricket this decade.

Hashim Amla was a part of one of the best South Africans units they ever came up with and played supportive knocks to the explosive men in the side. He and AB de Villiers had some memorable outings in this span of time, which are worth cherishing over and over again. Although he took up the job of holding one end, he never backed away from playing his shots.

In 159 matches, Amla scored 7265 runs at an average just shy of 50 and despite having a very orthodox batting style, he had a strike-rate of 89.11. He mustered 26 hundreds in these 10 years, making him the third-best century-getter only behind Kohli and Rohit in this span of time.