The International Cricket Council (ICC) released the list of the best cricketers and XI of the decade in the last moments of 2020 on Sunday. Pakistanis are furious with this list, because there is not a single Pakistani cricketer in any of the formats! Former country star Shoaib Akhtar has expressed his displeasure over the issue.
He said the ICC has made India's IPL XI instead of the International Cricket XI. "They (ICC) have not given any Pakistani cricketer a place in the XI," Shoaib said on his YouTube channel. We don't need your best T20 team of this decade. Because you have announced the IPL team, no World XI!
The ICC has probably forgotten that Pakistan is also a member of the ICC and they also play T20 cricket. They did not include Babar Azam in the team. Isn't he the top batsman in the ICC T20 rankings? Apart from Pakistan, England, New Zealand and Bangladesh have no cricketers in the T20 format. Shoaib also expressed displeasure over the new rules of the ICC.
The ICC only thinks about money, sponsorship and TV rights," he said. In ODI cricket, they have introduced two new balls and three power play rules. Where are Dennis Lilly, Jeff Thomson, West Indies Big Five, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis? He also called into question the best fast bowler and legspinner in the world.