Ravi Shastri picks his top 5 India’s greatest ODI cricketers of all time

Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has picked his list of India’s five greatest ODI cricketers of all time. His list included the star players Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Kapil Dev, and Rohit Sharma.

Speaking exclusively to Fox Cricket Australia, Shastri has slotted Virat Kohli ahead of Sachin Tendulkar because of his consistency and match-winning ability for over a decade. Later, he picked up Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, and Kapil Dev. 

Furthermore, he also revealed the reason why he hasn’t picked the pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, adding that he has another three or four more years of cricket left in him. Though there are a lot of standout players, Shastri went ahead with this lot due to their longevity. 

“I’ll go with Kohli, Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, MS Dhoni, and Rohit Sharma. And the only reason I’ve not put Bumrah there is because Bumrah has got another three or four years of cricket left. You know, these players, they’re more or less coming to the fag end of their careers. They’ve played over a decade, some over a decade and a half, so I would put… And it’s tough to pick. There are so many other good players when you look back. But these stand out for me,” Shastri told Fox Cricket Australia.

“They’ve been outstanding contributors. Two World Cup captains there, who won the World Cup as well. And barring Rohit Sharma, everyone in that list are World Cup winners. But you can’t take Rohit out of the mix with three double hundreds and over 11,000 runs. He’s number three in the list of run-getters. And all these on the given day are genuine match winners,” he added.

While Kapil Dev emerged as the first Indian captain to win the World Cup for Team India in the 1983 World Cup, Tendulkar, Dhoni, and Kohli won the ICC ODI World Cup in 2011. On the other hand, Rohit Sharma propelled India to the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 title win.

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