5 ODI Batting record charts dominated by Indians

Most ODI Runs in a calendar year

The three Indian legends were on song in the latter part of the 1990s.

Another record which seems to be owned by Indian batsmen is the one to score most ODI runs in a calendar year. While over the last few years, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan have been regular names in this list for each year, the all-time list for ODIs throws some even impressive numbers for India.

The top four spots on this list are all owned by Indian legends, with Sachin (1894 runs in 1998), Ganguly (1767 runs in 1999) and Dravid (1761 runs in 1999) taking the first, second and third spots respectively. The fourth spot again goes to Sachin with 1611 runs in 1996. What makes this achievement more impressive is that these runs came before the turn of the century, when runs came at a slower rate. None of the modern day batsmen has been able to beat these numbers.