Virat Kohli is one of the best Indian cricketers of all time. He has been magnificent across formats in international cricket, with the star batter amassing 81 centuries. He has hit 50 hundreds in one-day internationals, a world record. His teammate Rohit Sharma holds the record for the highest individual score in the fifty-over format. The veteran accumulated 264 runs against Sri Lanka in 2014.
MS Dhoni is the greatest Indian captain and the finisher in white-ball cricket. However, they failed to find a place in Venkatesh Prasad’s list of the top five Indian cricketers.
The former pacer keeps interacting with fans on social and in a recent Q&A session, he was asked to name his top players.
He started with Sachin Tendulkar, who many feel is the greatest batter to have played the game. He holds a record of 100 international centuries.
Kapil Dev, who led India to a win in the 1983 World Cup, was given a second spot. Sunil Gavaskar, the first batter to score 10,000 Test runs, is in third place.
Anil Kumble, the highest wicket-taker for India in international cricket, is the fourth best. Venkatesh gave the fifth spot to Javagal Srinath, Virender Sehwag and Gundappa Viswanath.
Sachin Tendulkar
Kapil Dev
Sunil Gavaskar
Anil Kumble
5. Dravid Sehwag Vishwanath https://t.co/DtmhwjQX9P— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) January 26, 2025
