27 December,2016 02:13 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
As 2016 comes to an end, we list out 10 exceptional cricketers who stood out with some impressive performances with the ball or bat throughout the year. Take a look
Kohli, Root, Starc, Herath, 2016 in cricket
As 2016 comes to an end we list out 10 exceptional cricketers who stood out with some impressive performances with the ball or bat throughout the year.
Listed below are how these ten cricketes performed in Tests and ODIs accordingly.
Virat Kohli (India)
Tests - 1215 runs. 12 matches. Highest score - 235. Average - 75.93
ODIs - 739 runs. 10 matches. Highest score - 154'. Average - 92.37
Joe Root (England)
Tests - 1477 runs. 17 matches. Highest score - 254. Average - 49.23
ODIs - 796 runs. 15 matches. Highest score - 125. Average - 61.23.
Quinton de Kock (South Africa)
Tests - 626 runs. 8 matches. Highest score - 129'. Average - 62.60
ODIs - 857 runs. 17 matches. Highest score - 178. Average - 57.13
Azhar Ali (Pakistan)
Tests - 1155 runs. 11' matches. Highest score - 302'. Average - 64.16
ODIs - 341 runs. 11 matches. Highest score - 101. Average - 31
Steve Smith (Australia)
Tests - 914 runs. 11 matches. Highest score - 138. Average - 60.93.
ODIs - 1154 runs. 26 matches. Highest score - 164. Average - 50.17
Jonny Bairstow (England)
Tests - 1477 runs. 17 matches. Dismissals - 70. Highest score - 167'. Average - 58.80
Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
Tests - 72 wickets. 12 matches. Best bowling - 7/59. Econ rate - 2.94
Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka)
Tests - 56 wickets. 9 mathches. Best bowling - 8/63. Econ rate - 2.56
Stuart Broad (England)
Tests - 48 wickets. 14 matches. Best bowling - 6/17. Econ rate - 2.74
Mitchell Starc (Australia)
Tests - 45 wickets. 8' matches. Best bowling - 6/50. Econ rate - 3.45
ODIs - 26 wickets. 13 matches. Best bowling - 3/32. Econ rate - 4.49
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