East Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Batter AB de Villiers recently blind the top batsmen in OD cricket, including themselves. The former South Africa captain was assigned to the blind ranking batsmen of international cricket teams during his presence on YouTube Podcast ‘Beard Forest Wicket’.
AB de Villiers retired from all cricket in November 2021. He returned to the World Championship of Legends (WCL 2025). The former batsman led the South Africa Champion as captain in the T20 tournament. He directed his team to win the title even after years away from professional cricket.
AB de Villiers Blind rank Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar among top ODI batsmen
AB de Villiers recently participated in the blind ranking of ODI batsmen, including some stars in India. Former proteus batsman raised Virat Kohli For the top location. Sachin Tendulkar, though mentioned earlier, was placed in fourth place. Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni were in sixth and seventh position respectively.
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De Villiers placed himself in second place in the list, just behind Kohli. Other notable international players were Ricky Ponting in the third, Hashim Amla in the fifth and Kumar Sangakkara in the eighth. The list concluded with Babar Azam in the ninth and David Warner in the tenth.
De Villiers played 228 Odis and scored 9,577 runs at an impressive average of 53.50, including 25 centuries. He last played in February 2018 in the 50 -over format against India.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are India’s active ODI batsmen
Among four Indian cricketers, only Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma Are still active in ODIs. Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run-scorer in the format with 18,426 runs from India’s 463 matches.
Kohli scored 14,181 runs in an average of 57.88 with 51 centuries and 74 fifties in 302 games. Rohit is in fourth place, with 11,168 runs out of 273 matches, which includes 32 hundreds and 58 half -centuries at an average of 48.76 at a strike rate of 92.80, while MS Dhoni is in sixth position with 10,599 runs.
Virat Kohli and Sharma last played international cricket during the 2025 Champions Trophy. India abolished the 12 -year ICC ODI Trophy Drought. Kohli was the second largest run-match of the team in the tournament, who scored 218 runs in five innings at an average of 54.50, while Sharma scored 180 runs at an average of 36.00.
We play the game like this – AB de Villiers
In the same podcast, AB de Villiers Batting with Virat Kohli, he remembered his time. They called the “absolutely incredible” batting experience together and said that the two were in extreme during those matches.
He said, “We play the game in this way, are very busy at the crease, work hard, trying to do what the bowler is doing and then finds ways to attack. I just loved batting with him. It was good to stay out with him. It was good to stay out with him. Absolutely incredible experience,” he said.
D Villa and Kohli set a record for the highest partnership by a pair in a single IPL season, scoring 939 runs in 13 innings in 13 innings in 2016. He also added a 229 -run partnership against Gujarat Lions at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
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