Leading Run Scorers in ODI Cricket in 2014

UpdatedMonday, December 15, 2014

With almost 90 days remaining in ICC World Cup 2015, the year 2014 is near to end with all its magic-moments and cricket records. 2014 no doubt has been a great year for all the cricket playing nations, as many records has been sat and broken. Strictly speaking, in One Day International Cricket matches Indian and African teams have been dominant so far. Both team’s two of the world class batsmen i.e Virat Kohli and Hashim Amla have been busy all the year in setting and breaking one another’s records. After beating Sachin Tandulkar’s record to be the fastest to reach 20 centuries, Virat Kohli just broke Sir Vive Richerd’s recod and became the fastest batsman to reach 6000 runs.

Virat Kohli Leading Run Scorers in ODI Cricket in 2014
Similarly Rohit Sharma became the first ever batsman to hit two double centuries in ODI cricket. He also has the record of being the top scorer in an ODI with 264 runs. On the other hand Sri Lanka may not have won so many matches but as for the individual performances their record is quite impressive. Sri Lankan Captain Angelo Mathews is currently at the top of the list of leading run scorers in ODI cricket in 2014, while Sangakara is not much down the list. The complete list of leading run scorers in ODI cricket in 2014 so far, goes down as follows:

Angelo Mathews Leading Run Scorers in ODI Cricket in 2014

Player Matches Innings Runs Highest Score Average Strike Rate 100s 50s
Angelo Mathews 31 30 1224 139* 64.42 89.73 1 9
K Sangakkara 27 27 1223 128 47.03 88.49 4 8
 Virat Kohli 21 20 1054 139* 58.55 99.62 4 5
Hashim Amla 18 18 892 122* 52.47 80.57 5 2
TM Dilshan 24 24 889 88 38.69 85.81 0 7
 AB de Villiers 16 16 879 136* 73.24 114.45 2 6
 Jayawardene 26 26 818 118 32.72 80.99 1 6
S Dhawan 18 18 815 113 47.94 86.51 1 6
 JE Root  22 21 792 113 41.68 78.10 3 2
Fuf Du Plessis 15 15 790 126 52.66 88.56 3 4