Today we discuss the Cricketers with the most ODI runs in 2012. The 2012 season saw Bangladesh host the ACC Asia Cup which the Pakistan Cricket team won; Virat Kohli was the highest run getter while all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was player of the tournament. This was Pakistan’s second Asia Cup title win, after winning the prestigious tournament in 2000. Hosts Bangladesh were the second finalists. Here we talk about the batters who scored the most ODI runs in 2012.
5. David Warner (Australia)
The swashbuckling left handed opener, David Andrew Warner, was part of the Australian Cricket team in One Day Internationals in 2012. Warner would go on to score 840 runs from 24 innings of the 25 matches he played in 2012 at an average of 35+ and a strike rate of 80+. His scores included 3 fifties and 2 hundreds; Warner’s 163 against Sri Lanka at The Gabba, Brisbane was his best score of the year in the longer version of limited overs cricket. With these runs, David Warner made to the top 5 list for the most ODI runs in 2012.
4. Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka)
The right handed top order batter, Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal, was part of the Sri Lanka Cricket team in One Day Internationals in 2012. Chandimal would go on to score 845 runs from 29 innings of the 30 matches he played in 2012 at an average of 35+ and a strike rate of 70+. His scores included 7 fifties; Chandimal’s 92 not out against South Africa at Buffalo Park, East London was his best score of the year in the longer version of limited overs cricket. With these runs, Dinesh Chandimal made to the top 5 list for the most ODI runs in 2012.
3. Virat Kohli (India)
The top order batter, Virat Kohli was member of the Indian Cricket team in One Day Internationals in 2012. Kohli would go on to score 1026 runs from 17 innings of the 17 matches he played in 2012 at an average of 68+ and a strike rate of 90+. His scores included 3 fifties and 5 hundreds; Kohli’s 183 against arch-rivals Pakistan at Dhaka during the Asia Cup 2012 was his best score of the year in the longer version of limited overs cricket. With these runs, Virat Kohli made to the top 5 list for the most ODI runs in 2012.
2. Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
The swashbuckling top order batter, Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan, was part of the Sri Lanka Cricket team in One Day Internationals in 2012. Dilshan would go on to score 1119 runs from 30 innings of the 31 matches he played in 2012 at an average of 40+ and a strike rate of 80+. His scores included 3 fifties and 4 hundreds; Dilshan’s 160 not out against India at Hobart was his best score of the year in the longer version of limited overs cricket. With these runs, Tillakaratne Dilshan made to the top 5 list for the most ODI runs in 2012.
1. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
The left handed top order batter, Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara, was part of the Sri Lanka Cricket team in One Day Internationals in 2012. Sangakkara would go on to score 1184 runs from 29 innings of the 31 matches he played in 2012 at an average of 43+ and a strike rate of little below 80. His scores included 6 fifties and 3 hundreds; Sangakkara’s 133 against India at Hambantota was his best score of the year in the longer version of limited overs cricket. With these runs, Kumar Sangakkara made to the top 5 list for the most ODI runs in 2012.
These were the cricketers who overshadowed other batters with their performances through the 2012 and ended among the top few on runs-scorers list. This is it for today. Hope you liked it, don’t forget to comment in your thoughts and questions. Stay well and keep reading about our ODI stars.
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