Virat is comfortably ahead of his contemporaries as a batsman- What a gem

[BeardedAladdin]

37 minutes ago, Gambit said:

He is a phenom. Best Indian bat in ODIs ever.

Indian? He's the best ODI batsman ever. From anywhere.

 

Well, up until 203 matches anyway. Has a batsman ever had a record this good at the same stage of his career?

 

9142 runs @ 56.09, 33 hundreds and 45 fifties

[Vijy]

On 2/1/2018 at 10:14 PM, BeardedAladdin said:

Indian? He's the best ODI batsman ever. From anywhere.

 

Well, up until 203 matches anyway. Has a batsman ever had a record this good at the same stage of his career?

 

9142 runs @ 56.09, 33 hundreds and 45 fifties

they used to play fewer matches/yr in the 80s. I think if you look at players by age, Viv Richards had a great ODI career in his first half. then it fell off quite badly (by his standards). However, VK is probably the best 21st century ODI bat - he is a better chase than ABDV in bilaterals.

[SK_IH]

Oh I was so right 

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