Highest Batting Average In ODI Cricket: Top 50 Contributors

The following are the highest career batting averages in One Day International cricket:

#	Players	Country	Span	Matches	Runs	Average
1	Ryan ten Doeschate	Netherlands	2006-2011	33	1541	67.00
2	Shubman Gill	India	2019-	44	2271	61.38
3	Virat Kohli	India	2008-	292	13848	58.68
4	Babar Azam	Pakistan	2015-	117	5729	56.72
5	Dawid J Malan	England	2019-	30	1450	55.77
6	H E Van Der Dussen	South Africa	2019-	59	2322	55.29
7	Micheal G Bevan	Australia	1994-2004	232	6912	53.58
8	A B De Villiers	South Africa	2005-2018	228	9577	53.50
9	Daryl J Mitchell	New Zealand	2021-	39	1577	52.57
10	Ibrahim Zadran	Afghanistan	2019-	28	1287	51.48
11	I J Leonard Trott	England	2009-2013	68	2819	51.25
12	K Lokes Rahul	India	2016-	72	2743	50.80
13	M Singh Dhoni	India	2004-2019	350	10773	50.58
14	S Diego Hope	West Indies	2016-	118	4940	50.41
15	H Tom Tector	Ireland	2020-	40	1552	50.06
16	S Santosh Iyer	India	2017-	58	2331	49.60
17	Hashim Amla	South Africa	2008-2019	181	8113	49.47
18	Rohit G Sharma	India	2007-	262	10709	49.12
19	K Stuart Williamson	New Zealand	2010-	165	6810	48.64
20	Imam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	2017-	72	3138	48.28
21	M E K Hussey	Australia	2004-2012	185	5442	48.16
22	J N Malan	South Africa	2020-	23	958	47.90
23	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	1974-1985	62	2572	47.63
24	J E Root	England	2013-	171	6522	47.61
25	L R P Lote Taylor	New Zealand	2006-	236	8607	47.55
26	F Du Plessis	South Africa	2011-2019	143	5507	47.47
27	A T Rayudu	India	2013-2019	55	1694	47.06
28	G M Turner	New Zealand	1973-1983	41	1598	47.00
29	I V A Richards	West Indies	1975-1991	187	6721	47.00
30	Fakhar Zaman	Pakistan	2017-	82	3492	46.56
31	T Bavuma	South Africa	2016-	38	1512	45.82
32	A C Voges	Australia	2007-2013	31	870	45.79
33	Q de Kock	South Africa	2013-	155	6770	45.74
34	Aqib Ilyas	Oman	2019-	25	1004	45.64
35	M G Erasmus	Namibia	2019-	40	1593	45.51
36	T L W Cooper	Netherlands	2010	32	1319	45.48
37	D A Warner	Australia	2009-	161	6932	45.31
38	C G Greenidge	West Indies	1975-1991	128	5134	45.05
39	Haris Sohail	Pakistan	2013-	45	1749	44.85
40	S R Tendulkar	India	1989-2012	463	18426	44.83
41	D M Jones	Australia	1984-1994	164	6068	44.62
42	M J Clarke	Australia	2003-2015	245	7981	44.59
43	D P Conway	New Zealand	2021-	32	1246	44.50
44	J H Kallis	South Africa	1996-2014	328	11579	44.36
45	S Dhawan	India	2010-	167	6793	44.11
46	M L Hayden	Australia	1993-2008	161	6133	43.54
47	S P D Smith	Australia	2010-	155	5356	43.54
48	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	2002-2015	162	5122	43.54
49	J M Bairstow	England	2011-	107	3868	42.98
50	Imad Wasim	Pakistan	2015-2020	55	986	42.87

Top 5 Highest Batting Average In ODI

Here are the top 5 Contributors of the ODI who made the greatest history in the world of Cricket.

1. Ryan ten Doeschate

From 2008 to 2011, Ryan ten Doeschate won the ICC Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year Award three times and captained Essex’s county team with the highest rank. He was also the first Associate player to sign an IPL contract for Kolkata Knight Riders, spending five years with them.

In the 2011 World Cup, Ryan ten Doeschate scored two centuries, including a 119-run innings against England. So, He made no further appearances for the Netherlands until 2017 when he helped the team qualify for their next tournament.

2. Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill, from Punjab, was chosen as vice-captain for India’s Under-19 team in the 2018 World Cup due to his impressive run-scoring abilities.

Before that, in the Ranji Trophy in late 2017, he made his first-class debut for Punjab, scoring a half-century in the first game and an attacking 129 in the second.

After that, Gill’s exceptional abilities helped Rahul Dravid’s Under-19 World Cup strategy. He scored 351 in the Punjab Inter-District Under-16 tournament. Moreover, He also made an unbeaten double-century on his debut for the Punjab Under-16 state team. He won the BCCI award twice for the best junior cricketer.

 4. Babar Azam

Babar Azam is a right-hand top-order batsman who is renowned for his composure and discipline. In 2016, he established himself as a long-term member of Pakistan’s batting lineup. He achieved this feat with three straight hundreds in one-day internationals against the West Indies in the United Arab Emirates

Additionally, he also scored a ninety-nine in his third Test match in Hamilton, which further cemented his place in the team. That was when he was 22 years old.

In 2008, he participated in an under-15 world championship. Later, in 2010 and 2012, he represented Pakistan in two under-19 World Cups, finishing as the tournament’s top run scorer.

He’s the second-fastest player to score 1000 T20I runs and 2000 ODI runs. Moreover, He’s the third-highest Pakistani ODI century scorer, and his World Cup century against New Zealand is one of Pakistan’s best ODI performances.

5. David Malan

David Malan had an impressive debut in cricket, scoring 78 runs off 44 balls in a 2017 T20 International match against South Africa in Cardiff. Chris Morris’ second delivery found its way over midwicket for six, and he never looked back.

Malan, a powerful left-handed batter, was born in Roehampton but grew up in South Africa.

Additionally, He made his first-class debut for Boland in 2005-06 and played 2nd XI cricket for Middlesex and Worcestershire in 2006. He made his first-team debut for Middlesex in a T20 Cup match at The Oval. As a 20-year-old in 2008, he scored an unbeaten century in a T20 quarter-final against Lancashire.

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