Top 5 ODI Batsmen of this decade

#2 Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma

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When he burst onto the scene in 2007, Rohit Sharma was touted as the next big thing in Indian cricket. However, in the first 4-5 years of his career, Rohit never managed to justify his talent and was always in and out of the side. MS Dhoni decided to send him out as an opener in the 2013 Champions Trophy, thus changing his fortunes as an ODI batsman and there has been no looking back ever since.

The Hitman has smashed 27 ODI centuries in this decade and three of them have been double centuries. He is one of those batsmen who can make stroke-making look ridiculously easy and once he is past the 100 mark, there is no stopping this Mumbai batsman. He scored a historic 264 not out against Sri Lanka in 2014 which remains the highest individual score in ODI cricket so far.

He is at the peak of his powers at the moment and will look to continue his utter dominance in the 50 overs format. He is already a great in the 50-over format and could well go onto become one of the very best once he calls time on his career.