In the world of T20 cricket, it is hard to imagine a player scoring 20 odd runs without a single boundary to his name. Even in One Day cricket, a half century without even a single boundary is hard to imagine but you would be surprised to know that this has taken place in past.
Today, we take a glimpse at top 10 knocks in ODIs which do not even have a single boundary.
Since any Indian player was not on the list of top 10 players, so we have decided to mention Indian players namely Mohammad Azharuddin and Mohinder Amarnath who are placed on 16th and 17th rank respectively.
Special Mention:
Mohammad Azharuddin – To start with the list, we mention the name former captain of Indian cricket team, Mohammad Azharuddin who is placed at the sixteenth position in this list and is one of the two Indian batsmen in top twenty. In the friendship cup against the arch rivals Pakistan, Azharuddin decided to play cautiously as the team was losing wickets on a regular interval. He scored 52 runs off 87 balls before being stumped by Moin Khan off Saqlain Mushtaq. His innings proved to be quite crucial in the end as team India was able to score 208 runs to win the match by 20 runs. Bowlers did a spectacular job in sealing the game for the Indian team.
Mohinder Amarnath – This innings came at a time when team India needed someone to fire. Amarnath scored 51 runs off 62 balls when team India needed someone to score at a faster rate as they were chasing a target of 225 in 40 overs. Though Amarnath went onto score 51 runs but his knock did not include even a single boundary which proved to be costlier as Indian team lost the match by a margin of 14 runs. A couple of boundaries could have turned fortunes of team India.
He is in the seventeenth position in the list and is the second Indian in the list of top 20 players.