Top 5 run-scorers in ODIs between 2011 and 2015 World Cups

#2 Virat Kohli

Kohli notched up the maximum 16 ODI tons during those four years

The time period between the 2011 and 2015 World Cups saw the current poster boy of Indian cricket - Virat Kohli - rise through the ranks. At a staggering strike rate of 94.39, Kohli scored 4278 runs in 96 matches.

Kohli's prowess with the willow was unmatched as he notched up the maximum 16 ODI tons during those four years. He was the master orchestrator as India pulled off their highest successful ODI chase to beat Pakistan in a 2012 Asia Cup encounter.

Chasing 330 to win, Kohli scored a career-best 183 not out off 148 deliveries and almost single-handedly kept his team alive in the tournament.

On the night of 18th March 2012 in Dhaka, the 23-year-old Delhi boy's herculean innings made him the mainstay of Indian batting order and inflicted a fatal wound on Pakistan's formidable bowling attack.