5 Players With Most Not Outs In Successful ODI Chases

Finishing games in ODI cricket was an art that was first brought into play by Australian cricketer Michael Bevan. He retired from international cricket with the best average in chases. This phenomenon was continued by the likes of MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli in ODI chases. ODI cricket today has vastly changed and teams like to chase more than set targets. This was not the case 20 years ago from now on when chasing was rather difficult.

The various venues across the world have started producing better batting wickets which are why teams are prone to chase. However, chasing still remains a tough job in the game of cricket and only a few have mastered the art of finishing games off and also remaining unbeaten in the process.

In this article, we take a look at 5 players who remained not outs the maximum number of times in successful ODI chases.

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5 Players With Most Not Outs In Successful ODI Chases

Virat Kohli- 30

The Indian skipper was unbeaten on 30 occasions when he took his team over the line. Many of those knocks came with MS Dhoni batting with him at the other end. Kohli became the Test captain of the side in 2016 and the ODI captain at the start of 2017.

Not winning an ICC title to date remains one of Kohli’s biggest failures as India captain. He recently lost the WTC final against New Zealand. He will lead India in a five-match Test series against England in August. Later this year, he will also lead India in the T20 World Cup to be played in the UAE.

Ricky Ponting-31

The former Australian skipper remained not out on 31 occasions in his team’s successful ODI chases. Ponting has a decorated international career with two World Cups, many memorable Test wins, and many memorable international knocks.

He is second on the list of most international centuries with 71 tons to his name. The next name on this list is Virat Kohli.

Inzamam-Ul-Haq-32

The former Pakistan skipper remained unbeaten on 32 occasions when Pakistan won in successful ODI chases. He along with Mohammed Yusuf and Younis Khan formed a formidable trio and helped their team win many memorable matches.

Pakistan was a force to reckon with till the time they were still playing international cricket. Inzamam has taken up to coaching post his retirement. He coached the Pakistan cricket team in 2012 before becoming Afghanistan’s coach for a brief period as well. In April 2016 with almost eight months in his contract remaining, he resigned as Afghanistan coach to become Pakistan chief selector.

Jonty Rhodes-33

Rhodes was better known for his athletic fielding abilities but he was a decent batsman as well. Very surprisingly he is second on the list. He remained unbeaten on 33 occasions when he took his team over the line and scored runs for a winning cause.

Having played 52 Tests and 245 ODIs for South Africa, Rhodes retired from international cricket after the 2003 World Cup.

MS Dhoni-47

The name that leads this elite list is former Indian skipper MS Dhoni. he remained unbeaten on 47 occasions when he took India to a win in a chase. Dhoni used to take the game deep and used to get the job done mostly in the final over of the game with his trademark helicopter shot for a six.

After playing international cricket for 15 years, he called time on his career on 15th August 2020 at 7.29 pm. Suresh Raina his former Indian teammate also announced his retirement once he got to know about Dhoni’s retirement.

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