Our Top 3 Best in World Cricket?

[Nikola]

Has there ever been better top 3 in history of odi cricket?

 

(Last 5 Year stats, top 4 has our 3 batsman from top order)

 

Kohli can be considered as one of the best batsman in odi history. Dhawan and Rohit are very good openers. Other great top 3 which comes to my mind is Gilly, Hayden & Ponting.

 

Personally my favorite top 3 would be Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes & Sir Viv Richards. Discuss

 

Edited September 25, 2018 by Nikola

[goose]

Tendulkar Sehwag Ganguly

 

T20 cricket has improved the standard of ODI batting. playing with no fear has become ingrained. past greats had to summon up this trait. with the exception of Kohli's chasing freakery I can never hold a current day ODI great in higher esteem than past ones. 

[RAZPOR]

It can be top4 if only Rahul gets a consistent run

[Moochad]

Yes they will be the most decorated top 3 of all time in ODIs. Shikar and Rohit both are underrated in ODIs even! They are both going to be ATG ODI openers I am wagering

 

Look at their centuries and averages in comparing to the others on the list!

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282935.html

Most hundreds

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SR Tendulkar (INDIA)	1989-2012	463	452	41	18426	200*	44.83	21367	86.23	49	96	20	2016	195
V Kohli (INDIA)	2008-2018	211	203	35	9779	183	58.20	10615	92.12	35	48	12	910	104
RT Ponting (AUS/ICC)	1995-2012	375	365	39	13704	164	42.03	17046	80.39	30	82	20	1231	162
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)	1989-2011	445	433	18	13430	189	32.36	14725	91.20	28	68	34	1500	270
HM Amla (SA)	2008-2018	169	166	11	7696	159	49.65	8618	89.30	26	36	4	785	52
AB de Villiers (Afr/SA)	2005-2018	228	218	39	9577	176	53.50	9473	101.09	25	53	7	840	204
KC Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL)	2000-2015	404	380	41	14234	169	41.98	18048	78.86	25	93	15	1385	88
CH Gayle (ICC/WI)	1999-2018	284	279	17	9727	215	37.12	11333	85.82	23	49	24	1073	275
SC Ganguly (Asia/INDIA)	1992-2007	311	300	23	11363	183	41.02	15416	73.70	22	72	16	1122	190
TM Dilshan (SL)	1999-2016	330	303	41	10290	161*	39.27	11933	86.23	22	47	11	1111	55
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2010	248	240	16	8094	175	36.13	9721	83.26	21	37	22	930	128
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1989-2003	247	244	19	8824	194	39.21	10938	80.67	20	43	15	938	97
RG Sharma (INDIA)	2007-2018	187	181	29	7017	264	46.16	8024	87.45	19	36	12	609	183
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2006-2018	204	190	33	7267	181*	46.28	8769	82.87	19	41	9	606	127
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2007	299	289	32	10405	169	40.48	13086	79.51	19	63	16	1035+	133+
DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL)	1998-2015	448	418	39	12650	144	33.37	16020	78.96	19	77	28	1119	76
ME Waugh (AUS)	1988-2002	244	236	20	8500	173	39.35	11053	76.90	18	50	16	651	57
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	238	237	28	8648	152*	41.37	13707	63.09	17	57	13	768+	53+
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA)	1996-2014	328	314	53	11579	139	44.36	15885	72.89	17	86	17	911	137
NJ Astle (NZ)	1995-2007	223	217	14	7090	145*	34.92	9760	72.64	16	41	19	720	86
AC Gilchrist (AUS/ICC)	1996-2008	287	279	11	9619	172	35.89	9922	96.94	16	55	19	1162	149
S Dhawan (INDIA)	2010-2018	109	108	6	4808	137	47.13	5094	94.38	15	25	3	596	60
WU Tharanga (Asia/SL)	2005-2018	230	219	17	6936	174*	34.33	9129	75.97	15	37	16	795	52
V Sehwag (Asia/ICC/INDIA)	1999-2013	251	245	9	8273	219	35.05	7929	104.33	15	38	14	1132	136
Mohammad Yousuf (Asia/PAK)	1998-2010	288	273	40	9720	141*	41.71	12942	75.10	15	64	15	785	90
DA Warner (AUS)	2009-2018	106	104	4	4343	179	43.43	4498	96.55	14	17	2	454	70
Yuvraj Singh (Asia/INDIA)	2000-2017	304	278	40	8701	150	36.55	9924	87.67	14	52	18	908	155

 

Also notice how few innings Dhawan has played in comparison to the other batsmen. 

 

 

Edited September 25, 2018 by Moochad

[zen]

13 hours ago, Nikola said:

 

Personally my favorite top 3 would be Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes & Sir Viv Richards. Discuss

 

Stats are not everything .... ^ that is a brilliant top 3 

[Kaleroko]

Gilchrist, Hayden, Ponting but McWarne and the rest of their bowling was terrific. Same with the Windies as well.

[Vilander]

17 hours ago, RAZPOR said:

It can be top4 if only Rahul gets a consistent run

So true..Irritates the * out of me..

 

 

[Khota]

Yes they are but Dhawan does not get break on this forum.

[Vilander]

Kohli will pass Sachin in 100s. Slight chance for Rohit too. Dhawan can pass Ponting in 100s.

 

Kohli will pass Sachin in runs scored. Rohit will certainly pass Sanga. Dhawan can reach ganguly.

 

So yeah you are looking at atg indian odi bats at the least.

[Laaloo]

8 minutes ago, Khota said:

Yes they are but Dhawan does not get break on this forum.

What break? People have no issues with dhawan in Odis. People have issues with him in tests and t20s( until a year back). Don't mix up formats.

[Khota]

6 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

What break? People have no issues with dhawan in Odis. People have issues with him in tests and t20s( until a year back). Don't mix up formats.

He just did so well in tests.

[Vilander]

Need KLR to make the next 4 till 2023. Then settle pant at 6 and find a number 5 in Gill. Take the cup in 2023 and send off Rohit and Dhawan with the cup. Kohli helps settle it down and hand over to the next gen by 2024..or stick around like sachin till 2027.

[Laaloo]

8 minutes ago, Khota said:

He just did so well in tests.

Lol yeah ok...

[rkt.india]

18 hours ago, goose said:

Tendulkar Sehwag Ganguly

 

T20 cricket has improved the standard of ODI batting. playing with no fear has become ingrained. past greats had to summon up this trait. with the exception of Kohli's chasing freakery I can never hold a current day ODI great in higher esteem than past ones. 

How does that matter? For me, Sehwag was just an average ODI player.

Edited September 26, 2018 by rkt.india

[Ankit_sharma03]

Hayden, Gilly n Ponting

Bahut marte the

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 hours ago, Khota said:

He just did so well in tests.

 

 

 

[Nikola]

3 hours ago, Vilander said:

Kohli will pass Sachin in 100s. Slight chance for Rohit too. Dhawan can pass Ponting in 100s.

 

Kohli will pass Sachin in runs scored. Rohit will certainly pass Sanga. Dhawan can reach ganguly.

 

So yeah you are looking at atg indian odi bats at the least.

I doubt kohli will get 19k runs in odis. Will get close to like 16 - 17k maybe. Rohit will get around 12k and Dhawan around 9k maybe.

[lamellavig]

14 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

 

 

How wide she opens her mouth! 

[goose]

6 hours ago, rkt.india said:

How does that matter? For me, Sehwag was just an average ODI player.

because when you assess a great you have to subtract what everyone else is doing. 

 

the OP asked for top 3...when you have Tendulkar and Ganguly, Sehwag is perfect. 

[express bowling]

8 hours ago, Khota said:

He just did so well in tests.

 

These 50 over matches being played now are not called tests.