Question

Who among the following cricketers has won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2020?
1. MS Dhoni
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Virat Kohli
4. Hardik Pandya

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : MS Dhoni

The correct answer is MS Dhoni.

• MS Dhoni has won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2020.

• Former India skipper MS Dhoni won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade 2020.
• He won the award for his gesture to call England Ian Bell back on the crease after he was ruled out by the umpire in unusual circumstances.
• MS Dhoni's gesture also got him awarded the Spirit of the Cricket award in 2011.

• Cricket: 
  • The first official cricket test match was played in the year 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne.
  • The First One Day International cricket match was played in the year 1971 between England and Australia in Melbourne.
  • The first World Cup of one-day matches was played in 1975 in London.
  • The apex institution of world cricket is the International Cricket Council (ICC) and its headquarters are now in Dubai.
    • Earlier it was in Lords (England).
  • The ICC was founded in 1909.
  • The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was formed in 1927.