3 Batsmen who scored 400 or more ODI runs before getting out again 

Lance Klusener
Lance Klusener was the first cricketer to achieve this feat

One of the most important facets of the game of cricket is batting till the end of the innings. Often we see that the inability of a few batsmen to bat till the end costs the game for their team. Staying till the end of an innings is one of the prerequisite qualities of a finisher.

While staying unbeaten is a task in itself, the three batsmen in this list have done it more than least three times on the trot. Between dismissals, only three batsmen have scored at least 400 runs and have managed to enter the record books.

Let us take a look at the three batsmen who have achieved this feat.


#3 Lance Klusener, 1999 (South Africa) - 400 runs

The one player that comes to the mind of every cricket fan when they think about the 1999 World Cup in England is Lance Klusener. Even though South Africa did not go past the semi-finals, Klusener's performance earned him the player of the tournament award.

Originally, Klusener's great run with the bat started during South Africa's tour to New Zealand. After scoring an unbeaten century in the third ODI, the South African all-rounder managed scores of 45, 13 and 35 in New Zealand.

He followed up the four unbeaten innings in New Zealand with five more unbeaten innings in the 1999 World Cup before getting out for the first time in the tournament against New Zealand. Between the two dismissals, Klusener scored 400 runs and became the first cricketer to achieve the feat.

Scores: 103 not out, 45 not out, 13 not out, and 35 not out against New Zealand; 12 not out against India; 52 not out against Sri Lanka; 48 not out against England; 52 not out against Zimbabwe; 46 not out against Pakistan; 4 against New Zealand.

#2 Mohammad Yousuf, 2002-03 (Pakistan) - 405 runs

England v Pakistan - 5th NatWest ODI
Mohammad Yousuf

After comprehensively winning the two Test matches against Zimbabwe, Pakistan did not expect a tough fight from the home team in ODIs but Zimbabwe gave their best in the first ODI. Thanks to an unbeaten 141 from Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistan could score 302/4 which helped them edge past Zimbabwe by 7 runs.

Following the man of the match performance in the first ODI, Yousuf had two unbeaten innings worth 76 and 100 in the second and third matches respectively. He got out for the first time in the series in the final ODI. After scoring 88 in the final match, Yousuf was runout as fell short of the crease and ended the series with a run-tally of 405.

Scores: 141 not out, 76 not out, 100 not out, and 88 against Zimbabwe

#1 Fakhar Zaman, 2017 (Pakistan) - 455 runs

India v Pakistan - ICC Champions Trophy Final
Fakhar Zaman leads the list by a big margin

Fakhar Zaman had an incredible series against Zimbabwe in July this year. The southpaw smashed quite a few records in the bilateral series. The Pakistan opener has helped his side clean sweep the series in a convincing manner.

After getting out for 60 in the first match, he only got out in the fifth and the final match of the series. In between both the dismissals, he scored as many as 455 runs and set a new record in ODI history. In total, he scored two half-centuries, a century and a double century in the series.

By scoring 210 in the third match, he became the first Pakistani batsman to score a double-century in ODI cricket. He scored 515 runs in the series with a mind-boggling average of 257.5 runs per dismissal.

Scores: 117 not out, 43 not out, 210 not out, and 85 against Zimbabwe.

Also read: 4 cricketers who never got out in their Test careers

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Edited by Abhinav Munshi