#2 Joe Root
Joe Root was sensational last year and scored 930 runs. This year has been no different for the England star, as he is continuing his form from the last year and has already scored 800 runs in 19 innings with an average of 61.54.
This came on the back of his back-to-back centuries against India at home, three brilliant half-centuries against Australia and a century against New Zealand in their own den.
Root took home the Man of the Series in the recently concluded 3-match ODI series against India after scoring 216 runs in 3 innings at breath-taking average of 216 and a very good strike rate of 89.26
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