that Virat Kohli

[SuperMurali]

Virat Kohli got a century. Again. He now has 25 ODI centuries. And he's the quickest to reach the mark, taking only 162 innings. That's incredible! And averages over 50. Is he a guaranteed pick in the ATG ODI team now?

 

[Burner]

Who is second to him in the centuries tab in this generation? It's a large gap even though he's got 1 year headstart. I reckon KW will shorten the gap and will end up second best.

 

[Red]

He's a contender. But there's also Viv, Ponting and AB DeVilliers to contend for those #3 - #5 spots

 

[weldone]

He's 2nd among batsmen with 10 or more centuries, in terms of dismissal per century. It's also incredible how far ahead the 3 modern greats Amla, Kohli and AB are ahead of the rest

Player 100 Dismissals per century
HM Amla (SA) 21 5.4
V Kohli (India) 25 5.6
AB de Villiers (Afr/SA) 23 6.7
SR Tendulkar (India) 49 8.4
LRPL Taylor (NZ) 15 8.7
ME Trescothick (Eng) 12 9.7
CG Greenidge (WI) 11 10.4
HH Gibbs (SA) 21 10.7
MJ Guptill (NZ) 10 10.7
RT Ponting (Aus/ICC) 30 10.9
CH Gayle (ICC/WI) 22 11.2
Saeed Anwar (Pak) 20 11.3
TM Dilshan (SL) 22 11.8
RG Sharma (India) 10 11.8
ME Waugh (Aus) 18 12.0
G Gambhir (India) 11 12.0
DL Haynes (WI) 17 12.3
WU Tharanga (Asia/SL) 13 12.5
SC Ganguly (Asia/India) 22 12.6
NJ Astle (NZ) 16 12.7
G Kirsten (SA) 13 12.8
IVA Richards (WI) 11 13.0
BC Lara (ICC/WI) 19 13.5
KC Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL) 25 13.6
ML Hayden (Aus/ICC) 10 14.0
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak) 11 14.8
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) 28 14.8
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA) 17 15.4
Mohammad Yousuf (Asia/Pak) 15 15.5
V Sehwag (Asia/ICC/India) 15 15.7
AC Gilchrist (Aus/ICC) 16 16.8
Yuvraj Singh (Asia/India) 13 17.6
GC Smith (Afr/SA) 10 18.4
S Chanderpaul (WI) 11 19.2
DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL) 19 19.9
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) 10 20.3
MS Atapattu (SL) 11 20.6
R Dravid (Asia/ICC/India) 12 23.2
PA de Silva (SL) 11 24.2
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/Pak) 10 29.7

 

[weldone]

To be fairer to middle-order batsmen, if we include all 50+ scores then also AB, Kohli and Amla are top 3.

Player 50+ Dismissals per 50+ score
AB de Villiers (Afr/SA) 70 2.21
V Kohli (India) 61 2.28
HM Amla (SA) 49 2.33
MG Bevan (Aus) 52 2.48
MS Dhoni (Asia/India) 69 2.51
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA) 103 2.53
IVA Richards (WI) 56 2.55
DM Jones (Aus) 53 2.57
MJ Clarke (Aus) 66 2.71
LRPL Taylor (NZ) 47 2.77
DL Haynes (WI) 74 2.82
SR Tendulkar (India) 145 2.83
G Kirsten (SA) 58 2.86
KC Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL) 118 2.87
RT Ponting (Aus/ICC) 112 2.91
R Dravid (Asia/ICC/India) 95 2.93
G Gambhir (India) 45 2.93
SC Ganguly (Asia/India) 94 2.95
Mohammad Yousuf (Asia/Pak) 79 2.95
S Chanderpaul (WI) 70 3.01
ML Hayden (Aus/ICC) 46 3.04
Javed Miandad (Pak) 58 3.05
BC Lara (ICC/WI) 82 3.13
RR Sarwan (WI) 43 3.16
ME Waugh (Aus) 68 3.18
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/Pak) 93 3.19
GC Smith (Afr/SA) 57 3.23
MS Atapattu (SL) 70 3.24
A Flower (Zim) 59 3.25
PA de Silva (SL) 75 3.55
NJ Astle (NZ) 57 3.56
Saeed Anwar (Pak) 63 3.57
Yuvraj Singh (Asia/India) 64 3.58
CH Gayle (ICC/WI) 69 3.58
TM Dilshan (SL) 69 3.75
AC Gilchrist (Aus/ICC) 71 3.77
RB Richardson (WI) 49 3.82
HH Gibbs (SA) 58 3.86
M Azharuddin (India) 65 3.91
A Ranatunga (SL) 53 3.92
DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL) 96 3.95
Saleem Malik (Pak) 52 4.19
Younis Khan (Pak) 55 4.22
GW Flower (Zim) 46 4.26
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) 47 4.32
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) 96 4.32
SP Fleming (ICC/NZ) 57 4.35
V Sehwag (Asia/ICC/India) 53 4.45
SR Waugh (Aus) 48 4.79
Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/Pak) 45 7.60

 

[weldone]

Actually Amla is a decent shout to be Tendulkar's opening partner in an ATG ODI XI.

Amla
Tendulkar
Kohli
Viv
Bevan
Dhoni
Klusener

- this is a solid top 7

 

[Athlai]

Taylor is much higher than id have thought, nice.

 

[hendrix]

Yeah did a double check when I saw Taylor's name up there.

 

[Tom Flint]

Gilchrist
Tendulkar
Kohli
Richards
Ab
Afridi
Imran
Akhtar
Malinga
McGrath
Murali

Didn't put much thought Into this have probably missed out some obvious starters but this would be my odi xi. Only thing is its a long tail for a one day side starting at 8

 

[kiwiviktor81]

By 'Akbar' do you mean 'Akram'? Because that's who I'd have at 8 in that side.

 

[91Jmay]

Who is second to him in the centuries tab in this generation? It's a large gap even though he's got 1 year headstart. I reckon KW will shorten the gap and will end up second best.

Williamson will struggle to finish with 25 tons in his career.

 

[TheJediBrah]

lol'd @ Akbar

Williamson will struggle to finish with 25 tons in his career.

this. Comparing Williamson to Kohli in ODIs is a massive stretch.

Kohli's in his own class.

 

[Tom Flint]

Nah I meant Akhtar..spellcheck changed it to Akbar

 

[smash84]

Nah I meant Akhtar..spellcheck changed it to Akbar

Akhtar ahead of Akram in an AT ODI XI

 

[hendrix]

why is Afridi there

 

[Gob]

Who is second to him in the centuries tab in this generation? It's a large gap even though he's got 1 year headstart. I reckon KW will shorten the gap and will end up second best.

Steve Smith imo. Best batsman in the world to watch

 

[Tom Flint]

Akhtar ahead of Akram in an AT ODI XI

Not necessarily picked the best 5 bowlers 5 batsmen and all rounder. Tried to get the perfect mix for an odi side.
Pace- akhtar
Control- McGrath
Death- malinga
Swing/reverse- imran
Leg and off spinner
Afridi and imran get in cos they add to the batting a swell as being class bowlers

 

[Tom Flint]

And please don't question shoaib in any form of the game..Jesus most intimidating bowler since I've watched cricket

 

[TumTum]

To me ODI stats are meaningless just the team performance is important. I never look at the player stats when a new batsmen or bowler comes on. He can score as many 100s and runs as he likes in ODIs, he's still got a poor Test average.

 

[Prince EWS]

As opposed to this one.