don bradman has scored the most runs in odi.
who has scored the most runs in odi?
don bradman
laxman then cemented his place both in the test and one day teams for a few years. after bad performances in the test series against zimbabwe, he did well in the first two odis scoring 75 and 52, but couldn't convert the starts into big knocks in the next three matches. laxman managed to score a fighting 89 in the second test at port elizabeth, when the rest of the team struggled to survive against shaun pollock's deadly bowling, helping his team put up 201 on the board and avoid an embarrassing follow-on. against the touring england in late 2001, he scored 75, sharing a 100-plus run partnership with tendulkar to take his team out of trouble. he had a great tour of west indies, as he scored 474 runs in 8 innings at an average of 79. he had scores of 69, 69*, 74, 1, 43, 130, 65* and 23 in that series. he performed reasonably well during west indies tour of india as well, particularly in the third match at kolkata, where he scored 48 and 154*. he followed it up with brilliant showing in the 7-match odi series as well with scores of 47, 99, 66 and 71 in the first five games. but his form dropped during india's tour of new zealand in 2002-03. in the first test at wellington, he got a pair and in the second match he could score only 23 and 4. however, he had a brilliant 2-match test series against the same team in india as he scored a half-century along with 44 in the first test and 104* and 67* in the second match. he won the man of the series award for his impressive batting performances in the two test match series. in october 2003, he scored 102 in the first odi against australia at gwalior, sharing a 190-run second wicket partnership with tendulkar. however he failed to deliver on a consistent basis in odis. he continued to perform well against australia, especially during india's tour of australia in 2003–04, in which he hit three odi and two test centuries. he was involved in two century partnerships, one with tendulkar and the other with dravid, in the brisbane odi against australia where he remained unbeaten on 102. his 106* against the same opponents at sydney saw him put up a fourth-wicket partnership of 213 runs with yuvraj singh, who scored his career-best 139. in the next odi against zimbabwe, laxman scored a 138-ball 131, once again setting up 2 hundred-run stands. he scored 148 in the famous adelaide test, sharing a triple century partnership with rahul dravid, which india won by 4 wickets. this was their first test victory in australia in two decades. his innings of 178 at sydney also came in a triple century partnership, on this occasion with sachin tendulkar. india went on to post 705/7 in their first innings which is their highest total in test cricket. laxman scored a total of 494 runs from the 4 tests at a staggering average of 82. during this series, ian chappell described laxman as "very very special" laxman. his 107 (104) against pakistan in the fifth and the final odi at lahore, helped india win by 40 runs and clinch the series 3–2.
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root was selected in a revamped odi squad for the 5 game series. in the first odi, root batted at 3 and scored his 5th odi century hitting 104 off 78 balls to help england to a record 408/9 and a 210 run win. he performed more strongly in the third odi, scoring 54, but england lost again, this time by 3 wickets. in the fourth odi, he made his 6th odi century by scoring 106* off 97 to help england chase a target of 350 to win the match and level the series. during this innings he passed 2,000 odi career runs. in the fifth odi he scored 4 in england's successful chase giving england a 3–2 series win. root finished the series with 274 runs. in the only t20 match between the two sides he scored 68 as england went on to win by 56 runs.
joe root