Published 11:26 IST, December 28th 2020

Shoaib Akhtar, Rashid Latif claim ICC announced 'IPL and not T20I Team of the Decade'

Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar lashed out at the ICC for not naming a single Pakistani player in any of the three teams of the decade.

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International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday anunced teams of dece across all three formats of game. While several players from different countries me cut to teams, t even a single Pakistan player mand to find his name in any of teams, something which hasn't gone down well with former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar, who lambasted apex body.

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Shoaib Akhtar lambasts ICC for t including Babar Azam in ICC T20I Team of Dece

While speaking on his YouTube channel, Shoaib Akhtar said that ICC forgot that Pakistan is also a member of apex body and y also play T20I cricket. Questioning exclusion of Babar Azam from ICC T20I Team of Dece, Akhtar stated that ICC did t select  Pakistan captain who is currently number one batsman in ICC T20I rankings.

Akhtar also lashed out at ICC for t picking even a single player from Pakistan in ICC T20I Team of Dece. Pakistani veteran furr said that y don’t need ICC's T20I Team of Dece because apex-board has anunced an IPL team and t a world cricket team.

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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif was also miffed with ICC for t naming a single Pakistan player in any of three teams of dece. Latif posted a tweet and took a cheeky jibe at ICC saying that re was a typing error as y should have written IPL T20 team of dece inste of ICC T20I team of dece.

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ICC T20I Team of Dece

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Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, MS Dhoni (Captain), Kieron Pollard, Rashid Khan, Jasprit Bumrah, and Lasith Malinga.

ICC’s ODI Team of Dece

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Rohit Sharma, David Warner, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Shakib Al Hasan, MS Dhoni (Captain), Ben Stokes, Mitchell Starc, Trent Boult, Imran Tahir, and Lasith Malinga.

ICC’s Test Team of Dece

Alistair Cook, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Virat Kohli (Captain), Steve Smith, Kumar Sangakkara, Ben Stokes, Ravi Ashwin, Dale Steyn, Stuart Bro, James Anderson.

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SOURCE: SHOAIB AKHTAR INSTAGRAM

11:26 IST, December 28th 2020