Challenge to ESPN's voting of Best ODI Batsman

Date : 21/10/09


These are the top run getters in ODI's :
SR Tendulkar (India) - 16,903 (Runs) 44.48(Average) 430(Matches)

ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) - 13,377(Runs) 32.54(Average) 441(Matches)

Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/Pak) - 11,739(Runs) 39.52(Average) 378(Matches)

RT Ponting (Aus/ICC) - 12, 044(Runs) 43.17(Average) 324 (Matches)

SC Ganguly (Asia/India) - 11,363(Runs) 41.02(Average) 311(Matches)

R Dravid (Asia/ICC/India) - 10,765(Runs) 39.43(Average) 339(Matches)

BC Lara (ICC/WI) - 10,405(Runs) 40.48(Average) 299(Matches)

JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA) - 10,328(Runs) 45.10(Average) 294(Matches)

AC Gilchrist (Aus/ICC) - 9,619(Runs) 35.89(Average) 287(Matches)

M Azharuddin (India) - 9,378(Runs) 36.92(Average) 334(Matches).

In above Players Jaysuriya Played the most Matches, So i m calculating the runs they wud hav got if they hav played the matches equal to Jaysuriya. I ll calculate runs according to their Carrer averages........

Sachin -17392
Ponting-17094
Kallis-16958
Ganguly- 16695
Gilly-15146
Dravid-14787
Lara-16153
Inzmam-14229
Jaysuriya- 13,377
Azharuddin-13328.

And if we know that after ganguly's comeback.he had average of 45.......and by considering this average Ganguly's runs wud be 17213 runs and this is second highest after sachin, and even sachin is not far, Sachin is just 179 runs ahead of ganguly. and most importantly Ganguly was captain but sachin wasnt.

Note: This thread is for ESPNSTAR. They shud hav look to that thread and they ll find who the best ODI Player is.

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