Top 5 batsmen fastest to 5000 runs (by innings) in ODI

Top 5 batsmen fastest to 5000 runs (by innings) in ODI: Reaching any milestone in any form of the game is a big thing for any batsmen. An achievement to your name which will stay with you for eternity.

5. Gordon Greenidge (West Indies)

5000 runs in 121 innings

The dashing West Indian opener reached the 5000 run mark against Pakistan in Multan in his 121st inning in One dayers.

Greenidge who is considered as one the greatest openers in the history of the game, was also the part of the mighty West Indian team of the late 1970s till his retirement in 1991. Greenidge made 38 runs in this match which West Indies lost by 38 runs.