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Home , AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis, Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, Kedar Jadhav, Rohit Sharma

AB DE VILLIERS #3 HASSAN ALI The Pakistani #4 3-24 AGAINST AT BIRMINGHAM pacer Hasan 176(104) AGAINST BANGLADESH AT PAARL Ali broke the AB de Villiers back of the celebrates he South African Superman once again stamped his authority over his performance can be credited for turning the tide for after getting the ODI format with a breathtaking against Bangladesh in Pakistan at the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. After being South African T T to his hundred October this year. Leading the series by 1-0, the Proteas looked pummelled by India in their first league match of the determined to seal the series with a win in the 2nd ODI. After being put tournament, Pakistan looked desperate for line up into bat by Bangladesh, the hosts found themselves precariously some heroics to overcome a placed when they lost their skipper at the 18th over formidable South African side in mark. AB de Villiers then joined at the crease to forge a their subsequent game. And formidable of 136 runs. Thanks to Amla's calming much to the delight of all the influence at the other end, AB, as he is fondly called, Pakistan fans across the globe, a played a superlative . He pummelled the young bowler from Pakistan's Bangladesh bowlers with some hard-hitting Punjab delivered the goods, strokes en route to his 25th ODI century. and how! The former skipper, after reaching his A charged-up Hassan Ali 100 in just 68 balls, seemed ended up bowling a dream unstoppable as he went spell to which none of the berserk. All the bowlers were Proteas batsmen had an treated with disdain as de answer. Villiers ended up with a The fast bowler wrecked career-best 176 off havoc with swinging 104 balls that deliveries that were sent comprised 15 down with some serious fours and 7 pace. sixes. He accounted for the of Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy, and and played a crucial role in restricting South Africa to a modest 219 in their quota of 50 overs. Hassan Ali ended up with fabulous match figures of 3 - wickets for 24 runs in 8 overs. Apart from making his side win the contest, experts feel that Hassan Ali's energy on the field - TOP 5

- - ODI PERFORMANCES - IN 2017

Rohit Sharma mauled the Lankan bowling attack at Mohali

- has been an eventful year for West Indies many cricketers. All the formats batsmen did not have of the game had its own highs a single clue while 2017 facing Rashid Khan throughout the year and just as in the other two formats, the ODI format too enjoyed many distinguished perfor- mances. While some superstars marched ahead by stamping their supremacy over the game, a few other youngsters announced themselves on the interna- tional stage with some inspiring outings. Here, we present you 5 ODI performances in 2017 that will #2 RASHID stand out as the best out of the year's 131 KHAN ODIs played. - SK 7-18 AGAINST WEST INDIES AT ST LUCIA

ashid Khan is fast R emerging as one of the most threatening leg-spinners in the shorter forms of the game. A man taking the cricketing #1 made his mark fraternity by storm with his wrist spin, he delivered 208*(153) AGAINST against - arguably the best bowling SRI LANKA AT MOHALI England performance in the ODIs in this year this year. fter losing the first match of the series, the West Indies looked firm A Indian team was under serious pressure to win favourites while chasing a - the second match at Mohali in order to stay modest target of 213 alive in the series. Rohit Sharma, who was against Afghanistan in the captaining the side in the absence of , first encounter of the was expected to lead the side from the front with #5 KEDAR JADHAV three-match ODI series. some runs at the top of the order. 120(76) AGAINST ENGLAND AT PUNE However, the introduction Being put in to bat first by Thisara Perera, the Indian of Rashid Khan into the openers looked determined to give the team a solid he 1st ODI between India and England in this year's bilateral ODI attack completely start. What followed was, however, one of the most series saw some scintillating knocks from many batsmen. After Jason changed the things. T The young bowler spun a belligerent innings of 2017 as Rohit Sharma mauled the Roy, Root and helped England post an imposing 350 on Lankan bowlers with some exquisite strokeplay. the board, the Indians had their task cut out when they came out to bat. web around the hosts with Rohit Sharma ended up playing yet another epic knock The English bowlers, however, had other plans when they reduced the some magical deliveries. and became the first batsman in the history of the game to hosts to a sorry looking 63-4 within the first 12 overs of their innings before The batsmen were register three double centuries in ODIs. Kedar Jadhav walked out to the middle. bewildered as they were Be it the classy cover drives, the stylish pull shots, or even the What followed was some sheer cricketing brilliance. The local boy, along effortlessly over by flashy cut shots, the Mumbaikar went on to play each shot in the with skipper Virat Kohli, took the attack to the English bowlers. From this 19-year-old charmer. book en route his 16th ODI century. playing deft touches to mounting some towering sixes, Kedar's batting left Rashid, with his terrific This wasn't all as Rohit accelerated further after reaching his the opposition clueless. He ended up scoring a match-winning 120 off 76 display of spin bowling, hundred. In fact, the Swashbuckler scored 92 runs off his final 27 balls at a of 157.89. The knock consisted of 12 boundaries and 4 ended up with career-best deliveries at a breathtaking strike rate of 341. sixes. figures of 7-18 as he He ended up with a match-winning effort of 208* off 153 balls This innings will be remembered by the fans for a long time to come and presented a memorable that consisted 13 fours and 12 humongous sixes. might well prove to be the turning point in Kedar Jadhav's career. win to Afghanistan.