Milestones are probably appreciated more in cricket by the fans instead of the players themselves. It has been observed that runs and records don’t matter much for the international stars. These are temporary which make them go down in the history of sports.
In the career of a cricketer, scoring highest runs in ODIs is one of the major milestones as only a few can top the list. There are only a few players who entered the elite 10000-run club since the inception of ODIs. It shows the potential of players who have managed to achieve this milestone.
Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, and Rahul Dravid were the only Indian legends who have achieved that record. India has the highest number of batsmen who have done this. Virat Kohli has become one of the top 5 batsmen who has made the highest runs in ODIs in 2018.
Brendon Taylor is back after 2 years in Zimbabwe and gave an awesome performance of his career this year. He played around 15 ODIs in 2018 and scored 684 runs and 138 runs are his best score.
The run machine, Virat Kohli doesn’t need any introduction as he is one of the most successful batsmen in team India. He played only 6 one-dayers this year and scored whopping 558 runs and averaging 186. He made 160 runs which is his highest. He is in excellent form these days and he is leading Indian team very well. He emerged as the highest scorer in ODI cricket when he finished the year by scoring 1460 runs.
The Pakistani-born Zimbabwean cricketer has emerged as the best batsman who scored 537 runs and played 15 matches. He made his debut in ODI in May 2013 for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh and later became 116th player for Zimbabwe in this format. He is ranked one of the top 10 players to look forward to before the Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 tournament by the International Cricket Council in February 2018.
He is loved by both cricket fans and critics as he is known as one of the greatest cricketers for New Zealand. He scored the highest ODI century surpassing Nathan Astle who scored 16 centuries, on February 2017, by scoring his 17th century in ODIs. He has been the most respected member in batting line-up to represent New Zealand. He has scored 473 runs in 2018 and his highest being 181 runs.
He is one of the most legendary players in England as he scored 459 runs and played 10 matches so far, in which he scored 138 runs, which are his highest. Along with it, he is the only wicket-keeper for England who claimed 9 dismissals two times in a Test match in January 2016 when he played against South Africa and Sri Lanka in May the same year.