Virat Kohli named skipper in Ricky Ponting’s decade Test XI

At the top of the order in Ponting’s line-up features England’s Sir Alastair Cook and the Australian southpaw David Warner. Kane Williamson bats at no.3 for the side, with the inclusion of the Steve Smith at No.4 in the batting order. Falling down in the pecking order, Kohli takes his place in the No.5 slot, as Kumar Sangakkara rounds up the specialist batsmen in the playing XI. 

English all-rounder Ben Stokes takes his place in the playing XI as the all-rounder, with four specialist bowlers to round off the XI. South Africa’s Dale Steyn takes his place in the team alongside the English duo of Stuart Broad and James Anderson who have performed exceptionally in this decade for their national side. Nathan Lyon is the sole spinner ahead of India’s Ravichandran Ashwin in what can be deemed as a controversial decision, with Ashwin leading the pack in terms of wickets this decade. 

Everyone's picking teams of the decade so I thought I'd join in the fun. This would be my Test team of the 2010's:



David Warner

Alastair Cook

Kane Williamson

Steve Smith

Virat Kohli (c)

Kumar Sangakkarra (wk)

Ben Stokes

Dale Steyn

Nathan Lyon

Stuart Broad

James Anderson

— Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) December 30, 2019