India's pride saving win in the final encounter of the ODI series in the Australian capital meant that they avoided getting clean swept by the Aussies for the first time in over 2 decades.
India's win at Canberra ODI came on the back of quick-fire half tons by skipper Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, and Ravindra Jadeja backed by good spells of seam bowling by debutant T Natarajan, Shardul Thakur and Jasprit Bumrah.
KL Rahul Ends 2020 As India's Leading Run Getter In ODIs
Wicket-keeper batsman KL Rahul ended as India's leading run getter in 2020 ODI season aggregating 443 runs in 9 ODI matches. The Karnataka frontline batsman also ended a dominant run by skipper Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who led the run scoring charts for the Men in Blue for a decade from 2010 to 2019.
The right-handed elegant batsman had a brilliant outing with the willow against New Zealand, scoring one century and one fifty in the 3-match ODI series. Rahul had an impressive record against Australia too, racking up 239 runs in 6 ODIs against them in 2020.
Kings Eleven Punjab (KXIP) KL Rahul had also won the 'Orange Cap' after ending up as the leading run getter in the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League staged at the United Arab Emirates.
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Kohli, Iyer and Dhawan Round Off Top 4 Places In Run Scoring Charts For 2020
Skipper Virat Kohli who did not have the best of run scoring seasons by his lofty standards , still managed to bag the second spot in the run scoring charts with 431 runs in nine ODIs. The prolific run scorer notched up five half tons but did not score a ton in the 50-ver format for the first time since 2008.
Middle order batsman Shreyas Iyer bagged the third spot behind Kohli with 331 runs in nine ODIs. Iyer struck a ton to go along with his 2 fifties for the season. Seasoned opener Shikhar Dhawan had a pretty decent outing with the bat in the limited overs format, racking up 290 runs in 6 ODI games with 3 half tons.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya, both of whom had a brilliant series with the bat against the Australians, occupy the fifth and sixth spot respectively.
One notable absentee from the top 5 in the run getting charts was pugnacious opener Rohit Sharma who missed out the ODI series against New Zealand and the away series versus Australia. Rohit had something to cheer about as he was one among the three Indian batsmen to record an ODI hundred this year.