Top 5 Players with Most Runs After 5 ODIs as Captain

Top 5 Players with Most Runs After 5 ODIs as Captain: As they say ‘a captain is as good as his team’. A captain is majorly responsible for the fortunes of his side & equally gets criticized if the leader fails to fulfill the duties. A great captain is the one who makes his team great and encourages them with his personal performance on the field. There can be nothing better than leading with example and from the front. The skipper is expected to be disciplined and courageous, someone who inspires and motivates his players to bring out their ‘A’ game in crunch situations and leads the team to higher honors.

It’s an added responsibility and not many can handle the pressure it demands, being as a captain and a performing player. Though there are certain personalities who have emerged after getting the big role, to score big as well as fulfill their roles as captain.

Let’s have a look at the Top 5 Players with Most Runs After 5 ODIs as Captain.

5 Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka- 328:

Tillakaratne Dilshan is an opener capable of providing his team electrifying starts in all forms of the game through his graceful stroke making. The Sri Lankan was graduated for the captaincy role after the 2011 World Cup taking it from Kumar Sangakkara. The mercurial opener is someone who is known for picking the length early and likes playing the ball late. Dilshan likes to innovate and create options to score. He started his captaincy stint against England scoring 328 runs in 5 games.