Today we discuss the Cricketers with the most ODI runs in 2019. The 2019 season had also, in store, the biggest extravaganza of cricket, the ICC Cricket World Cup which England won based on a unique Cricket law. The earlier part of 2019 season would see teams using ODI matches to get to their best team combinations for the World Cup while the matches post Cricket World Cup would be more of an addition to the thrill this tournament has brought over to the cricketers. Here we talk about the batters who scored the most ODI runs in 2019.
5. Babar Azam (Pakistan)
The left handed opening batter from Lahore, Pakistan, Mohammad Babar Azam, was part of the Pakistan Cricket team in One Day Internationals in 2019. Azam would go on to score 1092 runs from 20 innings of the 20 matches he played in 2019 at an average of 60+ and a strike rate of 90+. His scores included 6 fifties and 3 hundreds; Azam’s 115 against Sri Lanka at Karachi and against England at Nottingham would be his best scores of the year in the longer version of limited overs cricket. With these runs, Babar Azam made to the top 5 list for the most ODI runs in 2019.
4. Aaron Finch (Australia)
The Right-handed top order batter, Aaron James Finch, was a member of the Australian Cricket team in One Day Internationals in 2019. Finch would go on to score 1141 runs from 23 innings of the 23 matches he played in 2019 at an average of 50+ and a strike rate touch below 90. His scores included 6 fifties and 4 hundreds; Finch’s 153 not out against Pakistan at Sharjah Cricket Ground was his best score of the year in the longer version of limited overs cricket. With these runs, Aaron Finch made to the top 5 list for the most ODI runs in 2019.
3. Shai Hope (West Indies)
The Barbados born right handed Wicket keeper batter, Shai Diego Hope, was part of the West Indies Cricket team in One Day Internationals in 2019. Hope would go on to score 1345 runs from 26 innings of the 28 matches he played in 2019 at an average of 61+ and a strike rate of 77+. His scores included 8 fifties and 4 hundreds; Hope’s 170 against Ireland at Dublin was his best score of the year in the longer version of limited overs cricket. With these runs, Shai Hope made to the top 5 list for the most ODI runs in 2019.
2. Virat Kohli (India)
The right-handed batter from Delhi, India, Virat Kohli was captain of the Indian Cricket team in One Day Internationals in 2019. Kohli, who has been among the most successful chasers in World Cricket, would go on to score 1377 runs from 25 innings of the 26 matches he played in 2019 at an average touch below 60 and a strike rate of 95+. His scores included 7 fifties and 5 hundreds; Kohli’s 123 against Australia at JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi was his best score of the year in the longer version of limited overs cricket. With these runs, Virat Kohli made to the top 5 list for the most ODI runs in 2019.
1. Rohit Sharma (India)
The right-handed batter from Mumbai, India, Rohit Gurunath Sharma was part of the Indian Cricket team in One Day Internationals in 2019. Sharma, who would have 3 ODI double hundreds under his name, would go on to score 1490 runs from 27 innings of the 28 matches he played in 2019 at an average of 57+ and a strike rate just below 90. His scores included 6 fifties and 7 hundreds; Rohit’s 159 against West Indies at Vishakhapatnam was his best score of the year in the longer version of limited overs cricket. With these runs, Rohit Sharma made to the top 5 list for the most ODI runs in 2019.
These were the cricketers who made the best use of the batting crease they got in the matches they played in in 2019 to feature among the top few. This is it for today. Hope you liked it, don’t forget to comment in your thoughts and questions. Stay well and keep reading about our ODI stars.
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