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Who was chosen as the ESPN Cricinfo Player of the Decade for the 2000s by a 38 member panel of experts, including current and former players?

  1. Ricky Ponting

  2. Jacques Kallis

  3. Chris Gayle

  4. Adam Gilchrist

  5. Sachin Tendulkar
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting was on January 14, 2010 chosen as the ESPN Cricinfo Player of the Decade for the 2000s by a 38-strong panel of experts, including current and former players. Over the past decade, Ponting has scored more runs and centuries in both forms of the game than any other batsman and is the only player to go past the 9000-mark in both forms. Ponting is followed by South Africa's Jacques Kallis and Australian Adam Gilchrist. Sachin Tendulkar is placed sixth in the list.

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