4 factors which make a modern-day great

#4 Batting long and deep

If scoring daddy hundreds is an art, Rohit Sharma is the Picasso of it. Bowling in limited overs cricket can be difficult. More so if you are bowling to a "set" Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli or AB De Villiers. Once these batsmen get their eye in, they make sure that they don't give away a good start. Hashim Amla and David Warner are also among the best when it comes to scoring big hundreds. Rohit is in a league of his own, with 3 double hundreds in ODI.

Rohit Sharma, the master of batting long and deep

After analyzing different stats, it's evident why Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are the greatest ODI batsmen since Tendulkar. AB De Villiers has been excellent in all conditions. Joe Root has an edge over Dhawan because of his ability to score runs in different countries. Kane Williamson has not been as good at scoring in different countries. He could have had an edge over others, had he converted a few of those fifties into centuries which has not been the case. David Warner has been only good in home conditions or batting-friendly conditions.

Thus Virat, Rohit, De Villiers and Joe Root form the fab four of One-Day International cricket. By the time they retire, they will have already broken major records and created their own.