5 highest run scorers in ODIs in 2017

#2 Rohit Sharma

The only batsman in the world with three double-hundreds in ODIs

Ever since MS Dhoni's masterstroke of asking Rohit Sharma to open the batting for India in 2013, he has been unstoppable in the shorter format of the game. He likes to build his innings, bides his time and sees off the new ball before then exploding in the later stages of the innings. When in full flow there are few batsmen in world cricket who can match him in terms of elegance and power hitting.

2017 was no different for this ODI legend. He has plundered 1286 runs at a stunning average of 75.64 and a strike rate of 100. What's more impressive is his conversion rate - he has six hundreds and five fifties in this period. He also became the first batsman in history with three double hundreds in One Day Internationals after scoring an unbeaten 208 against Sri Lanka. To put this into perspective, there have been seven double hundreds in ODIs till now and three of them are by Rohit.

Another interesting stat: Ro-HIT-man Sharma has also hit the most number of sixes this year -45. The next on the list is Hardik Pandya, 15 behind.

With one game still to go in the Sri Lanka series, Rohit is only 174 runs from the top spot. In the form he is in there is every chance come the end of the year he will be the one standing at the top of the mountain.