Ab de villiers picks top five odi goat batsman: Former South African veteran batsman AB de Villiers has included India’s veterans in the list of their all -time top five ODI batsmen. He first placed former Australia captain Ricky Ponting and South African great all -rounder Jacques Kallis in this list. After this, he included three big names of Indian cricket Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni in their top five list. These three Indian players played an important role in India’s historic victory in the 2011 ODI World Cup. At the same time, Ricky Ponting performed tremendously in the ODI World Cup for Australia and was part of the team that won three consecutive World Cup titles from 1999 to 2007. Of these, he was also the captain of the Australian team in the 2003 and 2007 World Cups.
On the other hand, Jax is the only player in this list of Kallis de Villiers who did not win the ODI Cup. However, he contributed significantly to South Africa’s only ICC Trophy victory in the 1998 Champions Trophy. He scored a brilliant century in the semi -finals and gave the team a title win by taking five wickets in the final.
If we talk about the personal figures of these players, Sachin Tendulkar has set the record of scoring the most runs in ODI cricket by scoring 18,426 runs in 463 matches. Virat Kohli, who has also been a former IPL team partner of de Villiers, is third in this list. He has scored 14,180 runs in 301 ODIs and is the highest ODI batsman with 51 centuries.
Ricky Ponting, who scored 13,704 runs in 375 ODIs, is fourth in this list. At the same time, Jacques Kallis and MS Dhoni are in the eighth and twelfth position with 11,579 and 10,773 runs respectively.
All -time top five ODI batsmen selected by AB de Villiers:
1. Ricky Ponting (Australia)
2. Sachin Tendulkar (India)
3. Virat Kohli (India)
4. Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
5. MS Dhoni (India)