Former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar lashed out at International Cricket Council (ICC) for their announcement of Teams of the Decade for all three formats. Akhtar said that these teams are not international teams rather Indian Premier League (IPL) Teams of the Decade.
ICC has been criticized by the cricketing fraternity for selecting undeserving players in the teams, while top performing players throughout the decade failed to make the cut.
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Akhtar questioned the credibility of the teams and said that top cricketers from around the world have been ignored and players that have performed in only the IPL have been selected. He said that these teams should have been selected on the basis of performances in international cricket.
Your ICC Men's Test Team of the Decade 🏏
A line-up that could probably bat for a week! 💥 #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/Kds4fMUAEG
— ICC (@ICC) December 27, 2020
Akhtar added that after brilliant performances by Pakistani players throughout the decade they were ignored.
“I think ICC has forgotten that Pakistan is also ICC’s member and plays cricket internationally. They missed out on an ace Pakistani batsman like Babar Azam who is already the top T20 batsman. They did not even include a single Pakistani player,” Akhtar said.
The ICC Men's T20I Team of the Decade. And what a team it is! ⭐
A whole lot of 6️⃣-hitters in that XI! pic.twitter.com/AyNDlHtV71
— ICC (@ICC) December 27, 2020
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Former Pakistani captain, Rashid Latif, also took a jibe at ICC and said that the T20I team announced by ICC is not a team of international players but of IPL players.
TYPO Error {They forget to write IPL-T20s team for the decade}
— Rashid Latif ®️🇵🇰🌹 (@iRashidLatif68) December 27, 2020
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