We have witnessed a lot of batsmen in 50 over format for the last 10 years. Some of them were already legends, some became legends and some are legends in making.
In the first category we have batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar, Adam Gilchrist, Sanath Jayasuriya, Ricky Ponting. Speaking of the second category, we have to include cricketers like MS Dhoni, Kumar Sanggakara, Yuvraj Singh. Now those who are showing clear signs of joining this elite league of batsmen are Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla and Joe Root.
Majority of the players belonging to the first two categories either have already bidden goodbye to the sport or are going to in the coming few years. Personalities like Dhoni and Sanggakara are still giving their best to the game while Kohli and De Villiers will continue to mesmerize the world with their cricketing talent.
Here is a list of top 10 batsmen who scored maximum runs in the this decade(2005-2015) :
|
Player |
Matches |
Runs |
Highest |
Average |
Strike Rate |
|
Kumar Sangakkara(SL) |
282 |
11054 |
169 |
45.30 |
81.20 |
|
T Dilshan(SL) |
262 |
8932 |
161* |
41.16 |
87.93 |
|
MS Dhoni(Ind) |
262 |
8601 |
183* |
52.76 |
88.89 |
|
M Jayawardene(SL) |
272 |
8214 |
144 |
35.40 |
82.98 |
|
AB de Villiers(SA) |
187 |
7941 |
162* |
53.65 |
99.12 |
|
M Clarke(Aus) |
209 |
7039 |
130 |
45.41 |
77.81 |
|
V Kohli(Ind) |
161 |
6586 |
183 |
50.66 |
89.59 |
|
R Ponting(Aus) |
166 |
6282 |
164 |
42.66 |
83.93 |
|
Y Singh(Ind) |
182 |
5731 |
138* |
40.35 |
87.42 |
|
H Amla(SA) |
115 |
5692 |
159 |
55.26 |
89.42 |
*Stats updated till 3rd July,2015