Hayden backs Dhoni as the most impactful ODI player

Recently, former Indian great Sunil Gavaskar threw his weight behind Indian team captain Virat Kohli. However, former Australian opener Matthew Hayden rated MS Dhoni ahead of him for the fact that the wicketkeeper batsman

Hyderabad: The ICC nominations for the players of the decade have kicked up debates on the most influential cricketers of the decade. With the 2020 year coming to an end and so is the decade, all eyes are on the ICC awards for the decade.

Recently, former Indian great Sunil Gavaskar threw his weight behind Indian team captain Virat Kohli. However, former Australian opener Matthew Hayden rated MS Dhoni ahead of him for the fact that the wicketkeeper batsman had won all ICC trophies.

Matthew Hayden backed legendary wicketkeeper MS Dhoni as the most impactful ODI player of the decade. He led India to all the three ICC trophies. “I think it’s really important and significant that MS Dhoni has won a World Cup and a Champions Trophy. That World Cup for me, that’s a real big milestone…I have mentioned it before we have played loads of cricket in the one-day format, and I just feel that when it comes to being ready for a World Cup, you not only got to have a good leader, but you also need to have a calm, strong player in the middle order like he has,” Hayden said.