#3. Ricky Ponting-13704 runs
Aggressive, dominating and brutal, Ricky Ponting is Australia's best batsman after Don Bradman. The right hander's batting capabilities can be understood by the fact that he broke into the dominating Australian team at the age of 21 when there were plenty of batting stars waiting their turn.
Courtesy his consistent performances, he was appointed as the captain of Australia and he ended up leading one of ODI cricket's most dominating teams of all eras, with he being the leader of their batting attack.
His hundred in the finals of the 2003 world cup which sank India is one of the finest ODI performances ever and he also has 30 ODI hundreds, the second most by any batsman.
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