Ranking top 5 current fastest runners in international cricket
In era of big and booming shots, running between the wickets holds equal significance.
1. Virat Kohli
Arguably, the greatest white-ball player, Virat Kohli has set the standards very high, in batting as well as in the fitness department. He is one of the fittest athletes in the world and has been churning out hundreds without breaking a sweat.
Under Virat Kohli’s captaincy, the BCCI introduced the Yo-Yo test for the first time in Indian cricket. The score of 16.1 on the test is considered the cut-off for a selection to the national team, while Kohli clocks the mark of 19-21 on the Yo-Yo test on a regular basis.
In recent years, batting comparisons have been made between Kohli with Rohit Sharma in limited-overs cricket, as both players have been in tremendous form. However, what separates Kohli from Rohit – and the rest – is his ability to pick up a single and rotate the strike after scoring a boundary.
Kohli is 31, with over 11,000 ODI runs and 43 ODI centuries – closing in on the great Sachin Tendulkar, who himself was a totem of running quick between the wickets – he has accumulated all of it with an astute amalgamation of non-boundary runs with boundary runs.
His marvellous innings of 82* off 51 balls against Australia in the 2016 T20 World Cup epitomises his career; field-threading fours, splendidly timed sixes, and Bolt-like running- with MS Dhoni at the other end, making it memorable, now even more.
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