#3 Virat Kohli
This one is an automatic selection. ODI cricket and Virat Kohli is one strong bond that doesn’t seem to break in the near future. Each time he walks out to bat in colored clothing, the opposition is severely under pressure as long as he stays in the middle. Just like last few years, 2017 again belonged to Kohli as far as ODI cricket is concerned.
A total of 1460 runs from 26 innings made sure he was by far the leading run-getter this year. A monstrous average of 76.84 and a strike rate of close to 100 constitute for some serious numbers. He notched up 6 hundreds this year and took his tally to 32 in ODI cricket and now stands only behind the legendary Sachin Tendulkar who had scored 49 tons in ODIs.
Kohli’s Batting Stats in 2017
Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest Score | Average | 100s | 50s | Strike Rate |
26 | 26 | 1460 | 131 | 76.84 | 6 | 7 | 99.11 |