TOP 5 ODI BATSMAN OF ALL TIME

THE TOP 5 ODI BATSMEN OF ALL TIME ARE HERE:

1. VIV RICHARDS
2. SACHIN TENDULKAR
3. MICHAEL BEVAN
4. RICKY PONTING
5. BRIAN LARA

      SO, HERE WE DISCUSS PLAYERS IN BRIEF.

•  VIV RICHARDS: Sir Issac Vivian Alexander Richards (born 7 March 1952)  is an Antiguan retired cricketer representing the West Indies at Test and International levels. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. In December 2002, he was chosen by Wisden as the greatest ODI batsman of all time and the third greatest Test batsman of all time, after Donald Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar. Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century by a 100 member panel of experts in 2000, along with Donald Bradman,

• Garfield Sobers, Jack Hobbs, and Shane Warne. In ONE DAY cricket, Richards was judged by Wisden Cricketer's Almanack to have played the best One Day International innings of all time. Overall, Richards scored 8540 runs in 121 Test matches at an average of 50.23, including 24 centuries. As a captain, he won 27 of 50 Test matches and lost only 8. He also scored 7000 runs in ONE DAY Internations Matches.

• SACHIN TENDULKAR: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who served as captain of the Indian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the highest run-scorer of all time in international cricket and the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries. The first batsman to score a double century in a One Day International, the only player to complete more than 30,000 runs in international cricket. He is known as "Little Master" and "Master Blaster.

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• MICHAEL BEVAN: Michael Gwyl Bevan (born 8 May 1970) is a former Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and slow left-arm wrist spin bowler. He has been credited for initiating the art of finishing matches. He was an Australian Cricket Academy scholarship holder in 1989. He played 232 One Day Internationals for Australia and was a part of the 1999 and 2003 teams that won the Cricket World Cup. Bevan previously appeared for Australia in the 1996 Cricket World Cup, injured. He played his first game in the group stage against India. He did not bat until the fifth group game against Nambis, and he registered a rusty 17 before being caught and bowled by Louis  Burger. In the final group game against England, he came in with Australia struggling at 48-4. He then joined and finished on 74, not out, as Australia won in the final over.

• RICKY PONTING: Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. He is considered one of the most successful captains in international cricket history, with 220 victories in 324 matches and 67.91%. Ponting was captain of the Australian national team during its "golden era" between 2004 and 2011 in Test and 2002 and 2011 in One Day Internationals.

• On 29 November 2012, Painting announced his retirement from Test cricket the day before playing in the Perth Test against South Africa. This was his 168th and last Test appearance, equalling the Australian record held by Steve Waugh. Ponting retired on 3 December 2012 with a Test batting average of 51.85. He continued to play cricket around the world. In February 2013, he announced that he would be captaining the Mumbai Indians team in the IPL.

• BRIAN LARA:

       Brian Charles Lara(born 2 May 1996) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He topped the Test batting ranking on several occasions and held several cricketing records. Lara also holds the record for the highest individual score in a Test innings after scoring 400 not against 'England at Antigua in 2004. Lara also shares the record of scoring the highest number of runs in a single over in a Test match when he scored 28 runs off an over Robin Peterson of South Africa in 2003. Brian Lara is popularly known as " The Prince of Port of Spain " or " The Prince." Lara retired on 27 November 2006 from Test International Matches and retired on 21 April 2007 from One Day International Matches.