5 Quickest Players To Complete 2000 ODI Runs (By An Innings)

The modern era of cricket demands a lot of consistency and it is very important for a player to start his ODI career with a bang so that he can stay for a long time. The competition in the team has been of the highest standards and scoring just the odd centuries might not help their cause.

The talent needs to meet the performances to sustain among the best and here are 5 quickest players to complete 2000 One day international runs by innings.

5 Quickest Players To Complete 2000 One day International Runs:

Imam-ul-Haq:

Imam-ul-Haq was the latest entrant to the list of 5 quickest players to complete 2000 ODI international runs and he managed to achieve the feat in 46 innings which is the fifth quickest to reach the landmark. The elegant left-hander has excellent technique and he will be one of the players to watch out for in the future.

The 25-year-old has so far played 46 matches, scoring 2023 runs at an average of 49.3 and a strike rate of 80.3. He has scored 7 centuries and 10 half-centuries already with the highest score of 151 and he will be looking to keep moving up in the right direction for a lot more success.

Zaheer Abbas:

Zaheer Abbas was popularly remembered for his three consecutive centuries in ODI cricket and he did enjoy his stint in limited-overs cricket apart from being a prolific run-scorer in tests as well. The former Pakistan right-hand batter scored 2572 runs in 62 ODI games at an average of 47.6.

Zaheer Abbas scored seven centuries and 13 half-centuries in the few ODI games he played and he held the record for the fastest to 2000 ODI runs for a long time. He still equals the second quickest batsman to reach 2000 ODI runs which he did in just 45 innings.

Kevin Pietersen:

The former England batsmen was a very popular figure in world cricket when he started his career, as he was very consistent as well as very aggressive too. He had a unique technique but it was very effective and is one of the best batsmen to have played the game from his nation.

Pietersen scored 4440 runs in 136 ODI games at an average of 40.7 and he scored nine centuries alongside 25 half-centuries in his ODI career. Pietersen equalled the second quickest batsman to reach the 2000 run landmark in just 45 innings and is the quickest from his nation to do so.

Babar Azam:

The current Pakistan skipper Babar Azam is one of the most consistent players in ODI cricket at the moment and he is expected to rise to the top among the best batsmen in the world. The right-hander plays some mouth-watering shots and he is one of the finest young talents that could be going around.

The 26-year-old has scored 3985 runs in 83 ODI games at a stunning average of 56.9 and with a strike rate close to 90. He has scored 14 centuries and 17 half-centuries so far in his ODI career and already has been breaking a lot of records. He equals the second quickest batsman to reach the 2000 ODI runs landmark.

Hashim Amla:

Hashim Amla holds the record for the quickest to reach the milestones from the 2000 run-mark to the 7000 run-mark in ODI internationals and he looked like an unstoppable player in mission for a major part of his career in ODI cricket. The former South African batsman achieved the 2000 run landmark in ODIs at just 40 innings.

Amla had a phenomenal career with the bat for the nation scoring 8113 runs in 181 ODI games at an average of 49.5 and he scored 27 centuries and 39 half-centuries in the period. He did not have the same impact in the latter part of his career and had to announce his retirement post that.