MS Dhoni wins ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade

Dhoni's gesture of calling back England batsman Ian Bell after a bizarre run out in the Nottingham Test in 2011 won him the Spirit of the Cricket Award in 2011.

Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) conferred the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade on MS Dhoni for his gesture of calling back England batsman Ian Bell after a bizarre run out in the Nottingham Test in 2011.

Dhoni's gesture won him the Spirit of the Cricket Award in 2011 and now it has been established as one of the most heartening gestures on the field in the last 10 years.

Earlier on Sunday Dhoni has been named as the skipper of the ICC ODI Team of the Decade.

"MS Dhoni wins the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade. The former India captain was chosen by fans unanimously for his gesture of calling back England batsman Ian Bell after a bizarre run out in the Nottingham Test in 2011,” ICC tweeted.

There are two other Indian players to make it to the list of the ODI team of the Decade and that is Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

Here's the complete list of winners at ICC Awards 2020:

Ellyse Perry -- ICC Women's Player of the Decade, ODI Player of the Decade and T20I Player of the Decade

MS Dhoni -- ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade

Virat Kohli -- Sir Garfield Sobers Award, ICC Men's ODI Player of the Decade

Rashid Khan -- ICC Men's T20I Player of the Decade

Steve Smith -- ICC Men's Test Player of the Decade