Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday won a Twitter poll that the ICC has started for captains whose game rose with leadership.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The poll was launched a day earlier by the ICC with the options of current India captain Virat Kholi, former South African captain AB de Villiers, current captain of Australia\u2019s women Team Meg Lanning and former Pakistan team captain Imran Khan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 536,346 votes were cast in the poll with Imran Khan securing 47.3% of the votes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moreover, India’s Virat Kohli was a close second in the poll and received 46.2% of the votes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the other hand, Ab de Villiers bagged 6% of the votes while Meg Lanning ranked last after securing 0.5% of the votes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ICC said that for these four players the captaincy stood out for them and became a blessing for them. It said the players averages improved when they became leaders of their dressing room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou decide which of these \u2018pacesetters\u2019 were the best among these geniuses!\u201d said the ICC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ICC tweets show that Virat Kohli\u2019s average shot up to 73.88 from 51.29 in ODIs when he took over the captaincy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to this, South Africa\u2019s Ab de Villiers average was 45.97 when he was not the captain but during the captaincy, the average shot up to 63.94.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Meg Lanning also saw a spike in her average when she became the captain. The stats show that when she was not the captain she was averaging 43.87 but while playing as the skipper her average rose to 60.93.<\/p>\n\n\n\n