Top 5 Players with Most Runs After 5 ODIs as Captain

Top 5 Players with Most Runs After 5 ODIs as Captain: As they say ‘a captain is as good as his team’. A captain is majorly responsible for the fortunes of his side & equally gets criticized if the leader fails to fulfill the duties. A great captain is the one who makes his team great and encourages them with his personal performance on the field. There can be nothing better than leading with example and from the front. The skipper is expected to be disciplined and courageous, someone who inspires and motivates his players to bring out their ‘A’ game in crunch situations and leads the team to higher honors. It’s an added responsibility and not many can handle the pressure it demands, being as a captain and a performing player. Though there are certain personalities who have emerged after getting the big role, to score big as well as fulfill their roles as captain. Let’s have a look at the Top 5 Players with Most Runs After 5 ODIs as Captain. 5 Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka- 328: Tillakaratne Dilshan. (© Getty Images) Tillakaratne Dilshan is an opener capable of providing his team electrifying starts in all forms of the game through his graceful stroke making. The Sri Lankan was graduated for the captaincy role after the 2011 World Cup taking it from Kumar Sangakkara. The mercurial opener is someone who is known for picking the length early and likes playing the ball late. Dilshan likes to innovate and create options to score. He started his captaincy stint against England scoring 328 runs in 5 games. 4 Gautam Gambhir, India- 329: Gautam Gambhir. (© Getty Images) Gautam Gambhir who was once a prominent member of India side, led India in the home series against New Zealand. The former Indian opener had a magical start to his captaincy career outshining the Ross Taylor led Kiwi team 5-0 in the home side. His personal form was excellent as the left-hander managed to pile a massive 329 runs in his first full series as captain. 3. AB de Villiers, South Africa- 329: Ab de Villiers. (© Getty Images) The current South African ODI skipper is seen as world’s most prolific and creative star. AB de Villiers is largely regarded among the greatest batsman of this era and one of the finest ever to have graced the game. AB started his captaincy journey as a successor for Greame Smith, scoring 329 runs in his first 5 games that he skippered. 2. Azhar Ali, Pakistan- 390: Azhar Ali. (Photo Source: AFP) Recently the Pakistani batsman Azhar Ali became a talking point for cricket crazies around the globe. With Mishab-Ul-Haq’s retirement post 2015 World Cup, Azhar was chosen the man to lead the greens in ODIs. Certain eye-brows were raised as Azhar a test specialist was not even regular in the 50-overs squad for Pakistan. But, the time has changed for the opener who started his captaincy career against the Bangladeshis and then with the touring Zimbabwe side. Surprisingly since his inclusion and promotion Ali has develop as the most reliable and consistent batsman for Pakistan scoring 390 runs in last 5 matches. 1. Glenn Turner, New Zealand- 396: Glenn Turner. (Photo Source: Getty Images) The former New Zealand opener Glenn Turner was a One-Man army at a time when they clearly lacked a cricketer who would be professional enough to transform these efforts into victories. Turner who has over 34,346 runs with 103 hundreds in first-class cricket is also among New Zealand’s greatest openers of all time. The legend started his ODIs captaincy career with 396 runs the highest in first five games by any captain. (All Stats Updated Till May 30th 2015)