Top 10 Highest individual scores in ODIs

Cricket is a team game they say, but at times, we see individual brilliance taking the game away from the opposition in no time. While it is the bowlers who usually are expected to knock 10 down, the batsmen have an equally larger role to play to amass big runs, especially in the limited overs, to give their side better chances of a win. There have been such batting heroics in ODI cricket that have been breathtaking and absolutely great to watch. Scoring in excess of 150 in an innings in ODI seems tough, but there have been players who have crossed the landmark on a number of occasions. Here are the highest individual scores in ODIs:

10. Martin Guptill – 189*:

During the 2^nd ODI at Southampton against England in 2013, New Zealand opener Martin Guptill plundered an unbeaten 189 off 155 balls to register himself as the highest individual run scorer for the team in an ODI surpassing Lou Vincent’s 172. His knock also gave New Zealand a series win in England and handed their first series defeat at home since 2009. Having chosen to bat, Guptill opened the innings and started right from the word go. He brought up his century in 111 balls and scored his next 89 in 44 balls. He hit 19 fours and 2 sixes in that innings as New Zealand posted 359. England, in return, could manage just 273.