Pakistanis angered by the absence of national players in ICC teams of the decade

International Cricket Council (ICC) ignored all Pakistani players as it did not include any player in any format while announcing ICC teams of the decade on Sunday. The decision shocked Pakistanis who responded with criticism on social media.

The ICC has selected individuals representing different cricketing nations on the basis of their performances to honor them with their inclusion in ‘ICC Team of the Decade’ for all three formats (ODI, Tests and T20I). What came as a disappointment for Pakistani cricket fans, was that no national player had been selected by the ICC.

Here are some Pakistanis reacting to ICC’s ”partiality” on Twitter

No Pakistani could make it to any #ICCTeamOfDecade despite
– winning the ICC champions trophy.
– remaining number one T20I side for a longest ever run.
– getting the ICC test mace and producing some memorable performances with red-ball.
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) December 27, 2020

Faizan Lakhani is a sports journalist associated with Geo News

No Pakistanis in the ICC Teams of the Decade actually makes sense.
The entire success of the Test team that got the Mace & t20 team that was number 1 for 2-3yrs was built around them being the rarest of things: teams that were greater than the sum of their parts.

Chill karein
— Hassan Cheema (@mediagag) December 27, 2020

Islamabad United’s Hassan Cheema shared some sarcastic comments

Interesting numbers #Cricket pic.twitter.com/KfmJRKrXgl
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) December 27, 2020

Another sports analyst pointing out some facts and figures

TYPO Error {They forget to write IPL-T20s team for the decade}
— Rashid Latif (@iRashidLatif68) December 27, 2020

Former Pakistani cricketer Rashid Latif also shared his thoughts online

As expected. https://t.co/1M0YUq537d
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) December 27, 2020

Shoaib Akhter taking a jibe at IPL

Sad to see no🇵🇰making it into the ICC team of the decade all across the format,if the context was to select these lists were the amount of impact any x,y or z left in tht specific era then it baffles me how Ajmal,Gul,YK,Misbah,Afridi&Babar never made it to any of the list.
— Sawera Pasha (@sawerapasha) December 27, 2020

Sports anchor Sawera Pasha also shared her disappointment

In a country-wise contributions to ICC’s TOTD, India got its nine players featured followed by six Australians, five English, four South Africans, three Sri Lankas, and two players from West Indies and New Zealand each while one player from Bangladesh and Afghanistan each.