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4. Brendan McCullum
Matches: 260
Trending
Runs Scored: 6083
Average: 30.41
100s/50s: 5/32
Dismissals: 242
Strike Rate: 96.37
Brash, outrageous, freaking crazy or just a skillful psychopath - there are many ways to describe Brendon McCullum. If you have the audacity to lap a 160 kph yorker for six over fine leg, you need to be both crazy and mighty skillful to pull it off. And McCullum was both of those things.
People often talk about how freely the current New Zealand side plays, and a large share of the credit for that should go to their previous captain who took the word "fearless" to a whole new level.
It was his aggressive approach, his audacity, that made New Zealand win so many hearts at the 2015 World Cup. A leader in every sense, an innovator, an athlete and one hell of a player, McCullum made batting a true spectacle.
The only reason he doesn't find himself higher in the rankings is that he took relatively longer to peak in international cricket.
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