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Asia's top 10 ODI batsmen ever

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1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Virat Kohli
3. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
4. Rohit Sharma
5. Zaheer Abbas
6. Saeed Anwar
7. Aravinda de Silva
8. Inzamam ul haq
9. Saurav Ganguly
10. Sanath Jayasuriya

No surprises again, the list is dominated by Indians. Kumar Sangakkara, Yuvraj Singh and Javed Miandad just misses out although their impact can't be ignored.

Discuss.
 
(1) Kohli
(2) Tendulkar
(3) Rohit
(4) Dhoni
(5) Zaheer
(6) Inzamam
(7) Jayasuriya
(8) Ganguly
(9) Anwar
(10) Sangakkara
 
1. Kohli
2. Sharma
3. Dhoni
4. Tendulkar
5. Jayasuriya
6. de Silva
7. Inzamam
8. Saeed
9. Sangakkara
10. Yuvraj
 
1. Sachin
2. Kohli (needs success in WCs to displace Sachin)
3. Abbas
4. Dhoni
5. Rohit
6. Silva
7. Yuvraj
8. Anwar
9. Inzi
10. Miandad

Sanath, Sanga, Ganguly, Dhawan narrowly miss out.
 
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I believe Babar will be in the top 5 once he is retired.


Needs to win a World Cup if he wants to come in the top 3.
 
Mamoon said:
(1) Kohli
(2) Tendulkar
(3) Rohit
(4) Dhoni
(5) Zaheer
(6) Inzamam
(7) Jayasuriya
(8) Ganguly
(9) Anwar
(10) Sangakkara
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As long as Kohli doesn't dominate a World Cup, he can never be better than Tendulkar.
 
Ab Fan said:
As long as Kohli doesn't dominate a World Cup, he can never be better than Tendulkar.
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I don’t agree. He already has done enough for me to be considered the GOAT ODI batsman. If he dominates a World Cup it would only increase the gap between him and the second guy.
 
Top.10 from anticlock wise

Farhat
Bhanja
Kapugedera
P Patel
Dinesh Karthik
Awais zia
Riffat ullah Mehmend
Amay Khurasiya
U Amin
 
Bhaijaan's Top 10 Greatest Ever Asians who batted in ODIs:-

1. Tendulkar, GOAT overall

2. Kohli, also 2nd greatest overall, greatest chaser ever

3. Dhoni, also greatest finisher ever

4. Yuvraj, a pioneer and a tournament winner at his batting position

5. Hitman, in neck to neck competition with Kohli to end up as greatest of his era and 2nd greatest ever

6. Zaheer Abbass, the list has to have a random Pakistani somewhere in order to avoid unnecessary hate comments

7/8/9/10/and so on - Sehwag, Inzy, Sanga, Dravid, Ganguly, Azhaurddin, Miandad, Dhawan Jadeja, Ijaz, De Silva, Anwar etc etc. No special achievements as ODI batsmen, one can change their order in any way they like


Special mentions to Bangladesh and Afghanistan who did not feature in the list but are in our hearts as we celebrate Asian Bloc
 
Mamoon said:
I don’t agree. He already has done enough for me to be considered the GOAT ODI batsman. If he dominates a World Cup it would only increase the gap between him and the second guy.
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What has he done to be considered GOAT ODI batsmen apart from scoring runs and hitting centuries at a normal human being strike rate?
 
freelance_cricketer said:
Bhaijaan's Top 10 Greatest Ever Asians who batted in ODIs:-

1. Tendulkar, GOAT overall

2. Kohli, also 2nd greatest overall, greatest chaser ever

3. Dhoni, also greatest finisher ever

4. Yuvraj, a pioneer and a tournament winner at his batting position

5. Hitman, in neck to neck competition with Kohli to end up as greatest of his era and 2nd greatest ever

6. Zaheer Abbass, the list has to have a random Pakistani somewhere in order to avoid unnecessary hate comments

7/8/9/10/and so on - Sehwag, Inzy, Sanga, Dravid, Ganguly, Azhaurddin, Miandad, Dhawan Jadeja, Ijaz, De Silva, Anwar etc etc. No special achievements as ODI batsmen, one can change their order in any way they like


Special mentions to Bangladesh and Afghanistan who did not feature in the list but are in our hearts as we celebrate Asian Bloc
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Where is Kannur Lokesh Rahul?
 
Kianig89 said:
Top.10 from anticlock wise

Farhat
Bhanja
Kapugedera
P Patel
Dinesh Karthik
Awais zia
Riffat ullah Mehmend
Amay Khurasiya
U Amin
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Hey, hey, hey
Very smart, now answer me, why did you eliminate W. Wasti? I want my answer right now.
 
1. sachin
2. jaysuriya
3. de silva
4. kohli
5.dhoni
6. rohit
7. yuvaraj
8. anwar
9. ganguly.
10. inzamam
 
1. Virat Kohli

2. Sachin Tendulkar

3. Rohit Sharma

4. Kumar Sangakkara

5. MS Dhoni

6. Virender Sehwag
 
Min 2500 ODI and 40+ avg

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[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]SR [/td][td]100 [/td][td]50 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]V Kohli (INDIA) [/td][td]2008-2020 [/td][td]248 [/td][td]11867 [/td][td]59.33 [/td][td]93.25 [/td][td]43 [/td][td]58 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Babar Azam (PAK) [/td][td]2015-2019 [/td][td]74 [/td][td]3359 [/td][td]54.17 [/td][td]87.08 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MS Dhoni (INDIA) [/td][td]2004-2019 [/td][td]347 [/td][td]10599 [/td][td]50.23 [/td][td]87.13 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]73 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RG Sharma (INDIA) [/td][td]2007-2020 [/td][td]224 [/td][td]9115 [/td][td]49.27 [/td][td]88.92 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]43 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Zaheer Abbas (PAK) [/td][td]1974-1985 [/td][td]62 [/td][td]2572 [/td][td]47.62 [/td][td]84.8 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]13 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]S Dhawan (INDIA) [/td][td]2010-2020 [/td][td]136 [/td][td]5688 [/td][td]45.14 [/td][td]94.01 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]29 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SR Tendulkar (INDIA) [/td][td]1989-2012 [/td][td]463 [/td][td]18426 [/td][td]44.83 [/td][td]86.23 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]96 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) [/td][td]2002-2015 [/td][td]162 [/td][td]5122 [/td][td]43.4 [/td][td]73.75 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]42 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) [/td][td]1998-2010 [/td][td]281 [/td][td]9554 [/td][td]42.08 [/td][td]74.91 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]62 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]KC Sangakkara (SL) [/td][td]2000-2015 [/td][td]397 [/td][td]13975 [/td][td]41.96 [/td][td]78.88 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]90 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AD Mathews (SL) [/td][td]2008-2020 [/td][td]217 [/td][td]5830 [/td][td]41.94 [/td][td]83.32 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]40 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Javed Miandad (PAK) [/td][td]1975-1996 [/td][td]233 [/td][td]7381 [/td][td]41.7 [/td][td]67.01 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]50 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SC Ganguly (INDIA) [/td][td]1992-2007 [/td][td]308 [/td][td]11221 [/td][td]40.95 [/td][td]73.65 [/td][td]22 [/td][td]71 [/td][/tr]
[/table]
 
Sachin
Kohli
Sangakkara
Rohit
Anwar
Yuvraj
Dhoni
Inzamam
Jayasuriya
Sehwag
 
Sachin Tendulkar
Virat Kohli
Saurav Ganguly
Javid Maindad
Inzamam ul Haq
Mohammad Yousuf
Zaheer Abbas
Kumar Sangakkara
Arvinda D'Silva
Sanath Jayasuriya
 
Ab Fan said:
What has he done to be considered GOAT ODI batsmen apart from scoring runs and hitting centuries at a normal human being strike rate?
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You cannot discount an average of almost 60 and 43 ODI hundreds at the age of 31. He is also the greatest run chaser ever. None of these records can be whitewashed just because he hasn’t scored 500 runs in a World Cup yet, or hasn’t produced a big innings in a World Cup knockout.

World Cups elevate a career, they don’t make or break one. Kohli has done enough already to be considered the best ODI batsman ever. The gap between him and the rest is huge in spite of not dominating a World Cup yet.
 
Ab Fan said:
What has he done to be considered GOAT ODI batsmen apart from scoring runs and hitting centuries at a normal human being strike rate?
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What a stupid question to ask.

Kohli's ODI numbers are frightening, anything but normal.

And he doesn't have to prove anything to anyone, the a guy is a winner at LIFE. Married a beautiful actress, earns around 200cr per year which is exponentially more than other top cricketers in the world. These are things every guy dreams of , not of how people online think of them.
 
straightforward no debate entries:
SRT, Kohli, Dhoni, Rohit, Sanga, Inzy

Rest 4 spots several candidates

- Jayasuriya and Sehwag (pioneering Strike rate leaders in their era with decent consistency)

- Zaheer Abbas (relatively far ahead of his peers)

- Aravinda and Jayawardene (great strokeplayers with longevity and amazing tournament knockout game inns)

- Ganguly and Anwar (Excellent longevity records with some great purple patch runs)

- Dravid and Yousuf (developed into quite consistent ODI players and maintained longevity)
 
Also should have Dhawan as honorary mention for his absolutely crazy clutch ICC tourney record
 
Sachin Tendulkar
Virat Kohli
Sanath Jayasuriya
Javed Miandad
Aravinda de Silva
Rohit Sharma
Sangakkara
Inzamam ul Haq
MS Dhoni
Saeed Anwar

I always rate Sanath Jayasuriya very highly. Changed the face of modern day batting & lasted much longer than many of his peers like Anwar / Inzamam / Ganguly / Aravinda. Plus he got some big hundreds in Australia & England as well
 
freelance_cricketer said:
What a stupid question to ask.

Kohli's ODI numbers are frightening, anything but normal.

And he doesn't have to prove anything to anyone, the a guy is a winner at LIFE. Married a beautiful actress, earns around 200cr per year which is exponentially more than other top cricketers in the world. These are things every guy dreams of , not of how people online think of them.
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Dear Bhaijaan,

Do you know what it takes to be a GOAT ODI batsmen? Certainly not what you have described there.

He may be earning whatever but he is just 60% of a test batsmen and a 40% of World Cup batsmen one of his Australian contemporary is and that is what ultimate cricketers should dream of.

It is frightening and scary to think that he is not even in top 20 World Cup batsmen of all-time.

Thanks!
 
Ab Fan said:
Dear Bhaijaan,

Do you know what it takes to be a GOAT ODI batsmen? Certainly not what you have described there.

He may be earning whatever but he is just 60% of a test batsmen and a 40% of World Cup batsmen one of his Australian contemporary is and that is what ultimate cricketers should dream of.

It is frightening and scary to think that he is not even in top 20 World Cup batsmen of all-time.

Thanks!
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Sachin was top scorer in 3 out of 6 WCs. Kohli is yet to dominate any of his 3 WCs. 2023 is his past chance
 
Kohli
Tendulkar
Younis Khan
Sehwag
Inzamam
Sangakara
Jayawardane
Jayasuriya
Rohit Sharma
Saeed Anwar.
 
Ab Fan said:
Brother, am I seeing Younis Khan??:shezzy2
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Just realized this is an ODI list. Younis Khan has to be omitted then.

Here's my updated list:

Kohli
Tendulkar
Yuvraj
Inzamam
Sangakara
Jayawardane
Jayasuriya
Rohit
Saeed Anwar
MSD.
 
1. SRT
2. Kohli
3. Rohit
4. MSD
5. Yuvi
6. Sanga
7. Aravinda de silva
8. Jayasurya
9. Zaheer
10. Jayawardene/Sehwag/Inzi

These are the top 10 asian batsmen in order of their rankings. Rest weren't as good as these 12.
 
freelance_cricketer said:
Bhaijaan's Top 10 Greatest Ever Asians who batted in ODIs:-

1. Tendulkar, GOAT overall

2. Kohli, also 2nd greatest overall, greatest chaser ever

3. Dhoni, also greatest finisher ever

4. Yuvraj, a pioneer and a tournament winner at his batting position

5. Hitman, in neck to neck competition with Kohli to end up as greatest of his era and 2nd greatest ever

6. Zaheer Abbass, the list has to have a random Pakistani somewhere in order to avoid unnecessary hate comments

7/8/9/10/and so on - Sehwag, Inzy, Sanga, Dravid, Ganguly, Azhaurddin, Miandad, Dhawan Jadeja, Ijaz, De Silva, Anwar etc etc. No special achievements as ODI batsmen, one can change their order in any way they like


Special mentions to Bangladesh and Afghanistan who did not feature in the list but are in our hearts as we celebrate Asian Bloc
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Zaheer Abbas was actually pretty good in ODI's. Deserves a spot in top 10 for sure.

Anwar and Inzi were great test bats but we're pretty average in ODI's
Anwar especially was rubbish against the top teams and feasted heavily on Indian trundlers. With time people forget players short comings and different formats and rate players incorrectly.
 
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