5 highest run scorers in ODIs in 2017

#4 Quinton de Kock

South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock

Ever since his debut at the fag end of 2012, Quinton de Kock has been a mainstay of the South African top order. His ODI record is exemplary and he has a terrific conversion rate: out of the 28 times he has passed fifty, he has gone on to make a century thirteen times.

2017 was no different. He scored 956 runs in the calendar year in only 19 matches, with a terrific strike rate of 94.84. His best performance of the year came in the ODI series against Bangladesh, where he scored an unbeaten 168, in an unbroken opening partnership of 282 runs with Hashim Amla. This was the highest ODI stand for South Africa and also the highest ever partnership in One-Day Internationals without the loss of a wicket.

This young talent has been going from strength to strength and he will be looking to raise the bar even higher in 2018.