There are currently 12 full-time members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) including, India, Pakistan, England, South Africa, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Ireland, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and Zimbabwe. For many teams, it isn't easy to select the Top 10 ODI Batsmen in the world by 2021.
However, every year, the ICC selects the top 10 players in the various categories based on the latest player performance. But today, we will take a look at the 10 Best Men’s ODI batsmen in the world from 2021.
These levels change over time depending on the player's games and how he performs in the One Day International (ODI) game.
1.Babar Azam
Babar Azam is a Pakistani cricketer who has been turning heads. He is an outstanding leading player and serves as the Captain of the Pakistani cricket team in the T20 and Vice-Captain in the ODI format. Making his 20-year-old ODI debut in 2015, he became Pakistan's top scorer at England's 2019 ICC World Cup.
In 2017, he was awarded the PCB ODI Player of the Year award when he became the first player in history to earn 5 consecutive years in the same country. At just 25 years of age, he is considered the heir. He is ranked third in the list of top 10 ODIs in the world.
In his first ODI match, he scored 54 runs in just 60 games. He is also the Pakistani player who has scored three hundred years in the T20 games in the calendar year.
ODI Contract: 31 May 20015 against Zimbabwe
ODI Stats Ratings: 80 matches, 78 innings with a rating of 56.8 and Strike Rate 88.7
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2. Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is the captain of India and currently sits in 1st place in the ICC ODI player of the 2021 level. Fired by another party.
Born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi, he entered the International format in 2008 at the age of only 19 and is currently estimated at 869/1000 by the ICC.
He has a record of reaching 11,000 ODIs running faster than anyone else in the world, much faster than Sachin Tendulkar. He has been awarded the ICC ODI Player of the Year award 3 times - 2012, 2017, and 2018.
ODI Debut: 18th August 2008 against Sri Lanka
ODI Stats Statistics: 254 matches, 245 innings with a rating of 59.1 and Strike Rate of 93.2
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3. Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma is one of the Indian Cricketers on the list, opening for the Indian cricket team and also the Vice-Captain of the Indian team. His full name is Rohit Gurunath Sharma, and he was born on 30th April 1987 in Nagpur.
He started his career in 2007 at the age of 20 and is currently ranked second in the top 10 ODIs in the World.
Rohit Sharma has a record of scoring the most runs in an ODI match on Earth with 264 runs. He also has the largest number of Double Centuries earned by any cricketer in the world in ODI format, with 3 thousand double.
ODI Debut: 23rd June 2007 against Ireland
ODI hitting statistics: 227 matches, 220 innings with an average of 49.0, and Strike Rate 88.9.
4. Ross Taylor
Ross Taylor is a New Zealand cricketer and plays for equality. He has served as captain of the New Zealand cricket team in the past. His full name is Lutheran Ross Poutao Taylor, and he was born on the 8th of March 1984 in Lower Hutt, Wellington. He is ranked fourth in the list of the top 10 ODIs in the World.
He started playing ODI in 2006 at the age of 22 but managed to score 15 runs; however, in his 3rd ODI match, he scored 128 * against Sri Lanka. And you are the few selected players in the world who have beaten the century twice in Test format.
, Also, Ross Taylor is the first New Zealander to have centuries fighting all nations playing Test matches in the ODI format. He has played in 4 ICC World Cups - 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019. Apart from this, he is the only 4th player in the game's history to have celebrated 100 years on his birthday.
Start of ODI: 1 March 2006 against West Indies
ODI Stats Statistics: 233 matches, 217 innings with a rating of 48.2, and Strike Rate 83.4.
5. Aaron Finch
Aaron Finch is one of Australia's top scorers and is ranked 9th in the top 10 ODI Batsmen in the World. He is the opening batsman of the Australian cricket team and serves as a captain in a limited cricket format.
Aaron Finch's full name is Aaron James Finch, and he was born on 17th November 1986 in Colac, Victoria, Australia. He played his first ODI match in 2013 at the age of 27, playing against Sri Lanka, where he scored only 16 runs. However, this does not hide his record.
In the T20I, he holds the record for the highest score of 172, the highest run ever opened by anyone who opens with a captain. By doing so, he broke the record that no other player besides him by 156 runs. Recently, he and David Warner set a record for most of the 285 runs against India.
ODI Debut: 11th January 2013 against Sri Lanka
ODI hitting statistics: 132 matches, 128 innings with a score of 41.9, and Strike Rate 88.4.
6. Jonny Bairstow
Jonny Bairstow is a 31-year-old English wicket-maker born on September 26, 1989, and the son of former English boxer David Bairstow. Being the only English cricketer among the world's top ODI batsmen speaks volumes about his talent. He first appeared in his first-class in 2009 and became the top scorer with 82 unbeaten goals in the second innings.
He made his debut One Day International against India in 2011 in the fifth ODI match against the visiting Indians of Cardiff and made it special with an amazing 21-ball 41 match that helped his team win the match. Bairstow also became England's first cricketer to earn a series of three big One Day International trophies in 2018.
Jonny Bairstow has an average strike rate of 103.72 in the ODI and is 10 and 13 centuries old in his name.
ODI Debut: 16th November 2016 against Sri Lanka
ODI hitting statistics: 81 matches, 76 innings with 53.7, and Strike Rate 74.9.
7. David Warner
An Australian cricketer is currently ranked 6th in the top 10 ODI Batsmen in the world. His full name is David Andrew Warner, and he was born on 27th October 1986 in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He has served as captain of the Australian cricket team and is still open to them.
In 2009, Warner made his ODI debut at the age of 20 against South Africa, where he recently scored 5 runs; however, since 1877, he is the first Australian cricketer to have played a single First-Class match.
At the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, when he played against Afghanistan, he scored 178 goals in his career that helped Australia reach the highest number ever at the 417/6 World Cup.
ODI Debut: 18th January 2009, South Africa
ODI Score Statistics: 128 matches, 126 innings with an A average of 45.4, and a Strike Rate of 95.5.
8. Quinton de Kock
One of South Africa's top ODI Batsmen players in the World rankings ranked 10th by Quinton de Kock. He is a wicket-keeper in teams as well. He was born on 17th December 1992 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
He made his ODI debut in 2013 at the age of 20 against New Zealand, where he scored 18 runs. After returning to the ODI team in November 2013, he spent a hundred years liberating Pakistan but rose to prominence in December 2013 when he scored three hundred consecutive games against India.
Apart from this, in 2016, he scored 178 runs out of 113 balls against Australia. He holds the record for scoring the fastest ODI goals in 12 of only 74 ODIs, a job yet to be broken.
ODI Debut: 19 January 2013 against New Zealand
ODI Stats Ratings: 124 matches, 124 innings with a score of 45.38, and Strike Rate 95.47.
9. Shai hope
Shai Diego Hope is a 27-year-old Barbadian cricketer who made his ODI debut on 16 November 2016 in his second tri-series match against Sri Lanka. Themba beat his first International ODI match in his second match against Zimbabwe in the same series. He is the only Barbadian cricketer to be in the top 10 of the ICC ODI Men Batsmen in the world in 2021.
Of the 81 ODIs Hope played, he had 52.94 points and 74.91 strikes. He also scored 10 centuries with a very high score of 170 off just 152 balls that hit Ireland on 5 May 2019 in a three-nation series. He has achieved 19 half-century ODI so far.
Shai Hope is a right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman.
ODI Debut: 16th November 2016 against Sri Lanka
ODI hitting statistics: 81 matches, 76 innings with 53.7, and Strike Rate 74.9.
10. Kane Williamson
Kane Williamson is another New Zealand player on the list and ranks 7th on the list of the 10 best batsmen in the world right now with 773 points. Currently, Williamson captains the New Zealand Cricket Team in all formats.
Born on August 8 in Tauranga, New Zealand, he is a prominent player on the team. Williamson first appeared in the ODI format in 2010 at 20, where he played against India and returned to the duck stops. However, this did not stop him from reaching heights.
He is the fastest New Zealand player to hit 3,000 runs in just 78 innings and the 5 fastest in the world. He also helped his team reach the final ICC World Cup, which they lost to England after a nail-biting match.
ODI Debut: 10 August 2010 against India
ODI Stats Statistics: 151 matches, 144 innings with a rating of 47.49 and Strike Rate of 81.76
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