South African batting legend AB de Villiers named India’s best-ever ODI batsman but surprisingly downplayed Sachin Tendulkar. For the uninitiated, Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most matches played, most runs and most centuries in the ODI format.
The legendary Indian batsman played 463 ODI matches for India and scored 18,426 runs at an average of 44.83 and a batting average of 86.23. He scored his 49 centuries and 96 fifties in his career and took 154 wickets, including two fifers. Tendulkar was also part of the Indian team that won the 2011 World Cup.
Tendulkar, who made his ODI debut in 1989, retired from ODIs in 2012 after scoring his 100th international century in the 2012 Asia Cup, becoming the first cricketer to play 200 Tests. , retired from competition in 2013. p>
“Virat Kohli Is The Greatest ODI Batter Of All Time”- AB De Villiers
However, while AB de Villiers himself is considered to be one of the greatest ODI batsmen of all time, his former RCB teammate and India’s star cricketer Virat Kohli is the greatest ODI batsman of all time.
Virat, who became the fastest batsman to score 13,000 runs in ODI cricket during India’s 2023 Asia Cup Super Fours against Pakistan in Colombo on September 11, has played a total of 280 ODIs so far. He played and scored 13,027 runs in that match at an average of 57.38. He has made 47 centuries and his 65th century in his ODI cricket.
De Villiers, who played with Kohli for over a decade at RCB, voted Kohli the best batsman of all time on his YouTube channel.
“Virat Kohli is the greatest ODI batsman of all time,” said the 39-year-old former cricketer.
Virat will rejoin the Indian team in the third ODI against Australia, scheduled to be held at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot on Wednesday (September 27).
