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Top five players with the longest one-day international cricket careers Cricket
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Top five players with the longest one-day international cricket careers

On June 26, 2020, former team India captain Mithali Raj has completed 21 years of her international cricket career. She began her journey with a sublime hundred on debut against Ireland in 1999 and her juggernaut is still going strong even after 21 years. ## Mithali Raj has the longest international career among the women player and only woman with 20+ years of career. But when it comes to an ODI career, Mithali is right up there after the legends Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya. ## Here we are taking you through top 5 players with the longest ODI career whether its men or women:## 1. Sachin Tendulkar (22 years, 91 days) - Sachin Tendulkar does not need any introduction. The man who inspired the current generation to make a career in cricket has the longest runs in the one-day internationals. He started his ODI journey on 15 November 1989 against Pakistan at Jinnah Stadium which lasts long for more than 22 years as his last ODI outing came also against Pakistan at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. During his long ODI career, the master blaster played 463 ODIs and scored 18426 runs at an average of 44.83. To get those runs, he scored 49 hundred including a double hundred against South Africa and 96 half-centuries. The legendary batsman broke many records in his career and left many to break in which a few are, the highest number of matches, the highest number of runs, most hundred and half-centuries. ## 2. Sanath Jayasuriya (21 years, 184 days) - Arguably one of the greatest batsmen Sri Lanka has ever produced, Sanath Jayasuriya was naturally an attacking batsman who liked to dominate bowlers from the very first ball. The left-hander took the crease for the first time on 26 December 1989, almost a month after Sachin Tendulkar began his ODI journey against Australia at Melbourne which ended on 28 June 2011 against England at Kennington Oval. He played 445 ODIs and scored 13430 runs at an average of 32.13 with 28 hundred and 68 half-centuries. ## 3. Mithali Raj (21 years, 00 days)* - The only current player with more than 21 years of career, Mithali Raj has been one of the greatest woman cricketers in the history of cricket. She started her journey with a sublime hundred on debut against Ireland on 26 June 1999 and still going strong. Mithali was just 16 and a half-year-old when she made her ODI debut which was going to be written in history books. So far, Mithali Raj has played 209 ODIs and has scored 6888 runs at an impressive average of 50.64 with 7 hundred and 53 half-centuries. The former India captain is the only player among the top 10 leading run-getters in women ODIs to have 50+ average. She is also the most capped woman ODI player. Mithali has a real chance to break Sachin's record for the longest ODI career as she is eyeing 2021 world cup and beyond. ## 4. Chris Gayle (20 years, 288 days)* - Naturally an attacking batsman, Chris Gayle has been a revolution in ODI cricket. He may not look technically a good batsman but his hand-eye coordination and ability to hit the ball hard is enough to threaten the bowlers. He made his ODI debut against India on 11 September 1999 at Toronto CSCC and has played 300 ODIs so far in which he has made 10480 runs at an average of 37.70 with 25 hundred and 54 half-centuries. Gayle is one of the two players who has scored a double hundred in the world cup. ## 5. Javed Miandad (20 years, 272 days) - A batting maestro who scripted a few unrealistic victories for Pakistan, Javed Miandad was a synonym of spirit and spunk in the Pakistan cricket. Miandad will forever be remembered for his six off the last ball of Chetan Sharma in the Austral-Asia Cup final in Sharjah in 1986. He made his ODI debut against West Indies on 11 June 1975 at Edgbaston and played 233 ODIs and scored 7381 runs at an average of 41.47 with 8 hundred and 50 half-centuries. His last ODI outing came against India in the 1996 world cup at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Miandad has been hailed as one of the best batsmen Pakistan has ever produced. ## Note - stats as of 26 June 2020.## Stay tuned...

Top 5 Batsmen With Most Sixes In International Matches Cricket
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Top 5 Batsmen With Most Sixes In International Matches

On a day when batsmen are dealing in sixes, West Indies' opener Chris Gayle becomes the first ever player to hit 500 sixes in international matches. A self-claimed Universe Boss, Gayle has been in the lethal form in ongoing series against England. He is making most of his comeback in international cricket after a while and so far in 3 innings, he has hit 28 sixes.## Chris Gayle has already announced that he will retire from one-day cricket after the World Cup later this year in England and Wales. However, his record seems hard to break in the near future as, Among the current players, only Rohit Sharma has hit most sixes (349) than any other player apart from Gayle in across format.## Here is the list of TOP 5 batsmen with most sixes in across formats:## 1. Chris Gayle (West Indies/ICC, 534 Sixes)-## Tests - 98 ## ODIs - 331 ## T20Is - 105 ## 2. Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/Pak, 474 Sixes)-## Tests - 52 ## ODIs - 351 ## T20Is - 73 ## 3. BB McCullum (NZ, 398 Sixes)-## Tests - 107 ## ODIs - 200 ## T20Is - 91 ## 4. Rohit Sharma (India, 371 Sixes)-## Tests - 32 ## ODIs - 232 ## T20Is - 107 ## 5. MS Dhoni (India, 359 Sixes)-## Tests - 78 ## ODIs - 229 ## T20Is - 52 ## Stats till 13 August 2019* ## Follow for more...

Top 10 Batsman With Most Runs In ODIs Cricket
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Top 10 Batsman With Most Runs In ODIs

2018 has been one of the years to remember for the India captain Virat Kohli. In the domination of the bowlers, he was the one who dominated with the bat throughout the year in all three formats. He got the reward for that by becoming the first-ever player to win Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of the year, ODI Cricketer of the year, and Test Cricketer of the year in a single year.## With each passing game, the Indian captain getting to Sachin Tendulkar's all-time records in ODIs. In recently concluded series against West Indies, Kohli scored two back to back hundreds and now just 7 short from Tendulkar's 50 hundred. During the series, he surpassed Sourav Ganguly to become 8th highest run-getter in ODIs.## Here is the list of the TOP 10 batsman with most ODI runs:## 1. Sachin Tendulkar (IND) - Legendary Sachin Tendulkar is arguably the greatest batsman of all time after Sir Don Bradman. He has more runs than any other batsman in International matches. In ODIs, Tendulkar has scored 18,426 runs in 463 matches with an average of 44.83 and strike rate of 86.23. Sachin Tendulkar also has scored 49 centuries along with 96 half-centuries. He is the first player to score a double century in ODIs when he scored 200* against South Africa.## 2. Kumar Sangakkara (SL/ICC/Asia) - Kumar Sangakkara is arguably the greatest batsman Sri Lanka has ever produced. He has scored 14,234 runs in 404 matches with an average of 41.98 along with 25 centuries and 93 half-centuries. Sangakkara has been one of the key reasons behind Sri Lanka's success in cricket during his career.## 3. Ricky Ponting (AUS/ICC) - Ricky Ponting is one of the most successful captains of all time. During his tenure, Australia won 2 World Cups and in 2003 World Cup final against India played an innings of his life. In 375 ODIs, he has scored 13,704 at an average of 42.03 with 30 hundred and 82 fifties. Among him, Tendulkar and Lara have always been a debate of the best batsman and he never looked too far behind in that.## 4. Sanath Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) - Another Sri Lankan legend who redefined the batting with his attacking shot-making ability. He has been one of the greatest openers of all time and has scored 13,430 runs in 445 matches at an average of 32.36 with 28 hundred and 68 fifties. He has scored one of the fastest centuries in one-day cricket when he made 48-ball century against Pakistan in Singapore in 1996.## 5. Mahela Jayawardene (Asia/SL) - Jayawardene and Sangakkara have scripted many famous wins for Sri Lanka together. He has been one of the pillars for Sri Lankan batting line up for 17 years. During his long career, he scored 12,650 runs in 448 ODIs at an average of 33.37 with 19 hundred and 77 fifties.## 6. Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/PAK) - Inzamam-ul-Haq is famous for his slow running between the wickets but he never looked slow while scoring runs. With his aggressive style of batting, he is one of the greatest batsmen Pakistan have ever produced. In 350 ODIs, he scored 11,739 runs at an average of 39.52 and strike rate of 74.24 with 10 hundred and 83 fifties.## 7. Jacques Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA) - Arguably the greatest all-rounder of the 21st century, Jacques Kallis has had a successful career. He was South Africa's one of the pillars in middle order during his career and more than handy bowlers who always provided breakthroughs when his team needed the most. in 328 ODIs, he scored 11,539 runs at an average of 44.36 with 17 hundred and 86 the fifties.## 8. VIRAT KOHLI (IND) - Sachin Tendulkar's records were looking untouchable until Virat Kohli come. Some of the former player's likes of Allen Border and Micheal Clarke believes that Virat is the greatest ODI batman world cricket has ever seen. His records speak for him. In just 239 ODIs, he has scored 11,520 runs at an extraordinary average of 60.31 and strike rate of 93.21 with 43 century (only behind Tendulkar). Fans call him with the names of 'Chase master', 'King Kohli', 'Chase King'. He is the only active batsman in top 10 batsman list of leading run-scorer in ODIs. Kohli is just 19 runs short from surpassing South African legend Jacques Kallis wh has scored 11,539 runs in ODIs.## 9. Sourav Ganguly (Asia/IND) - Popularly known as 'Dada', Sourav Ganguly has been one of the best left-arm batsmen. He has been the part of India's famous Feb-five squad. In 311 ODIs, Ganguly scored 11,363 runs at an average of 41.02 with 22 hundred and 72 fifties. He has been one of the successful captains for India. He led India to World Cup 2003 final where India lost to Australia and scripted some of India's famous overseas wins.## 10. Rahul Dravid (Asia/ICC/IND) - If cricket is gentlemen's game then Rahul Dravid is that gentlemen who have been one of the respected players on and off the field. He famously is known for 'The Wall' because of his determined batting in Tests. In ODIs, he scored 10,889 runs 344 matches at an average of 39.16 with 12 hundred and 83 fifties.## As of August 14, 2019## Follow for more...