Best ODI XI of the decade
No decade has been as eventful as this one in ODI history.
3. Virat Kohli
Well, what is left to say about this man? Already being hailed as the greatest ODI player of all time, a compliment coming from all parts of the world irrespective of any national bias, Virat Kohli is scaling heights which were earlier reached only by one man – Sachin Tendulkar. Will he be able to catch up with him? The coming three years have the answer to that.
Kohli’s decade started with a World Cup triumph, where he scored a brilliant hundred against Bangladesh and also a very important 35 in the final. The 2015 World Cup didn’t go according to the script, but he was back scoring important runs in the 2019 edition. His undying hunger to score runs has been a fascinating aspect of his game to witness and his passion keeps everyone glued to their TV sets.
The only cricketer with more than 10,000 runs in this decade, Kohli smashed 11036 runs at a gobsmacking average of 61.31. He is already the second-best century-getter of all time, 13 ahead of the great Ricky Ponting. He scored 42 hundreds and 51 half-centuries this decade, with a career-best of 183 coming against arch-rivals Pakistan in 2012.
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