The Greatest ODI Innings of All Time

[Burgey]

Sachin back to back in sharjah remains the best I have witnessed..

Tony Greig was on ****ing crack during commentary..

The old Who Gives a **** Cup eh

 

[Shri]

gracious losers the aussies as always ?

The old Who Gives a **** Cup eh

 

[ma1978]

Got to be the Kapil 175 given the 17/5, World Cup knockout match etc.

In terms of one’s I’ve actually seen, The Ponting 2003 and Gilchris( 1999, Saeed Anwars 194, Tendulkar Desert Storm and Gibbs at Wanderers

 

[Chrish]

There is no footage of Kapil’s 175 (that I am aware of). So, it’s hard to judge the inning in terms of quality of batsmanship. Its importance however is undebatable.

 

[Burgey]

gracious losers the aussies as always ?

Was Australia even playing in that series?

 

[Chrish]

Speaking as a fan, I never felt more goosebumps than watching Sachin’s 98 in World Cup. When he hit two boundaries and a six in Shoib’s over, it felt like it wasn’t real and I was floating on a cloud..

 

[Burgey]

Was that the quarter final (edit - or whatever they called the KO stage in that one) in 2003? Great knock.

 

[Chrish]

Yeah that game was the only saving grace from the tournament.

India already had enough points to go into next round iirc. So, series wasn’t on line. But due to it being india vs Pak, there was a significant hype, and game definitely lived up to it. Lot of emotion from fans from both side.

 

[honestbharani]

Everyone remembers the upper cut 6 but there was another shot off Wasim, I think, when he clipped a short of length ball on his thighs and just bisected, almost to geomatric accuracy, the deep square leg and the fine leg boundary riders. That was just pure genius and something that differentiated him from the Sehwags of the world IMO.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Andrew Symonds 143* v Pakistan 2003 WC

 

[TheJediBrah]

Good choice, when you factor in that T20 brand of cricket was unknown at that time.

Technically T20 cricket had been around for a few years, mostly in England. There had already been a few T20 internationals too (though only one-off games as part of proper tours).

 

[SteveNZ]

Dawid Malan 114* at Mirpur on 1st March 2023

Or the 134 at Adelaide, or the 118 at Kimberly. Dude is a beast.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

I think Fakhar Zaman's hundred in the 2017 Champions Trophy Final deserves a mention , nobody ****ing knew this guy outside of Pakistan when the tournament started ..He debuted in the tournament itself ! ..

Yes he got let off the hook with Bumrah's no ball early in the innings but still to outshine so many big names in a final , an India v Pakistan match no less was insane .

 

[Molehill]

Possibly the best one I ever saw live was by Kaif. A 'Final' at Lord's and with India reduced to 146-5 chasing 326, he produced this.

I don't think he ever got anything close to this again in his career.

ENG vs IND Cricket Scorecard, Final at London, July 13, 2002

Live Cricket Scoreboard: Get England vs India Final, cricket scorecard, NatWest Series 2002 dated July 13, 2002.

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[Kirkut]

Sachin's 117 in CB series final is definitely not the greatest and maybe not even his best, but it was a special knock to me.

Especially when you think of the build up to the finals, tensions between Indian and Australian cricket teams, also that Aussie side brought their A+ game even without Mcgrath/Warne.

 

[Kirkut]

Except it was in a JAMODI.

His knock in the 1979 World Cup final was more significant.

Let's stop with this JAMODI thing.

JAMODI is a post 2015 phenomena, where too much cricket is played throughout the year. Before T20 era, ODIs were never JAMODIs...

 

[Ali TT]

Let's stop with this JAMODI thing.

JAMODI is a post 2015 phenomena, where too much cricket is played throughout the year. Before T20 era, ODIs were never JAMODIs...

Agree that it doesn't apply to all ODI history but I'd pick an earlier date for the pivot point, probably in the mid-00s

 

[ankitj]

I'll pick start of IPL as the pivot point.

 

[subshakerz]

Speaking as a fan, I never felt more goosebumps than watching Sachin’s 98 in World Cup. When he hit two boundaries and a six in Shoib’s over, it felt like it wasn’t real and I was floating on a cloud..

Yeah I rate that knock highly since it wasn't an easy total to chase and he was facing a strong attack.

 

[subshakerz]

Everyone remembers the upper cut 6 but there was another shot off Wasim, I think, when he clipped a short of length ball on his thighs and just bisected, almost to geomatric accuracy, the deep square leg and the fine leg boundary riders. That was just pure genius and something that differentiated him from the Sehwags of the world IMO.

How I wish Abdul Razzaq was standing a bit further and took the catch off Wasim. India would definitely not have won that game then.