Best right-handed ODI XI from current cricketers
The list has been made with an attempt to pick players from as varied nationalities as possible.
3. Virat Kohli (C)
There would be very few people who won’t put Virat Kohli at no. 3 in any ODI team of the last decade. His records are quite remarkable and the way he has carried his game in the format has also opened up new avenues. The current Indian captain broke into the national team on the back of some good performances for the India Emerging team and his U19 record.
In late 2009, Kohli smashed a century against Sri Lanka in Kolkata in an ODI match. There was no looking back after that knock as he kept piling on runs. If we look at his numbers at no. 3 alone, they are staggering. In 191 innings at the position, he has scored 10,053 runs with an average of 62.44, which is a touch more than his career average of 59.07.
36 out of his 43 ODI tons have come while batting at three. It is also worth noting how he has revolutionized chasing big scores in one-day cricket. The number of runs that Kohli has scored in the last decade was probably unimaginable at the start of this century. And his greatest quality which makes him stand tall in front of his peers has to be consistency.
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