We arguably witnessed the two greatest ODI batsmen of all time in this era - Kohli and de Villiers. de Villiers plays sll the funky shots, yet Kohli often scores blazing hundreds just playing normal shots. Simply incredible. Kohli is not yet 30 and is 'only' 13 hundreds behind Tendulkar - a record I thought I would stand forever
Would argue AB’s record in big games/pressure chases is extremely poor. Can’t remember any match winning knocks in a knockout games (correct me if I’m wrong)Love watching him bat but definitely not in the top 5 greatest odi players
Raises an interesting question who is the top 5
KohliGayle Pieterson S. smithABNot necessarily in that order but for me the top 5 ODI batsmen in my mind from modern era
I would add Root, Amla and Hussey to the mix, think people forget how successful those 3 have been in ODIs
Very good list but also got to remember that ODI have been played for a while you have to add the following into the list ...Tendulkar Ponting RichardsBevan Sangakarra
Totally different game then to now sadly