One cricketer has been named for each of the decades between 1971 and 2021. 2000sSri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan was named the ODI Cricketer of the 2000s. 1990sSachin Tendulkar was named the ODI Cricketer of the 1990s. 1970sIt’s Viv Richards himself who claimed the prize in the 1970s, the first decade of ODI cricket. West Indies were the dominant side of the format’s early years, with Richards’ century in the 1979 Cricket World Cup final giving them a second successive triumph.

Source: The Nation April 16, 2021 13:07 UTC