5 Cricketers who can play more than 300 ODIs for India

An English-invented sport, cricket, no more is just a game, especially in India. From kids to adults to aged people, all find it a commodity here and watch/play this second most followed sport in the world, with a great enthusiasm.

Apart from taking it as an heart-pleasing activity, there is an umpteen number of youngsters who aspire to make their career in cricket. Owing to the love people give it here, cricket is strengthening its roots in the country at an astonishing pace.

India has produced a lot of legendary cricketers while a good number of them are currently in the making. Moving to the achievements: India has won two 50-over World titles, one T20I and a couple of Champions Trophy titles since getting the full member status from ICC in 1926.

Several Indians ruled world cricket for over a long period of time both in limited overs cricket as well as in Tests. Many played more than 300 ODIs and 100 Tests, which surely isn't an easy job to do. In the present scenario, there are some cricketers who can touch the milestone of playing more than 300 One-day Internationals for India.

Knowing their overall numbers and current status, we have found out 5 players in the current team who are expected to reach this mark. Let's know who they are:

#1 Virat Kohli

The skipper of Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli, is being considered as one of the greats of the current era. The flamboyant cricketer has reached some sky-touching records at an age of 29 and is expected to reach ever bigger heights in the future.

The present number one ranked ODI and Test batsman, Kohli, just a few days back completed 10,000 ODI runs in 214 matches, to become fastest to reach this milestone. He also has 38 fifties and 48 ODI centuries to his name.

There is no denying the fact that he will easily play more than 300 ODIs for Indian and even some think that he might cross 400 as well. Apart from these rousing shorter-format numbers, Kohli has over 6000 runs in the 73 Tests he has played as well.

#2 Rohit Sharma

India's opening warhorse, Rohit Sharma has been around the corner for a long time now. His form is taking an upgrade with the time and he had a good captaincy stint as well recently in the Asia Cup.

The Mumbai born cricketer owns the highest individual score in ODIs and has already over 7000 ODI runs in 192 matches. He plays aggressive cricket and once he gets going, it's quite hard to stop him and that was visible in the ongoing West Indies series as well.

The fluence he is showing currently ensures that he will play more than 300 ODIs for India.

#3 Shikhar Dhawan

Rohit Sharma's opening partner, Shikhar Dhawan too has shown a lot of promise at the top for India in both limited overs cricket and Test matches. The southpaw is 71 runs away from completing the 5000-run mark in ODI cricket while he has over 2000 Test runs as well.

He made his international debut in 2010 and went on cement his place in the team in later years with his consistent impressive outings. Earlier, he had to wait for his chance as Gambhir and Sehwag were leading the charge at that time.

Dhawan too is expected to cross 300-ODI milestone, given he keeps himself fit and scores runs consistently.

#4 Kuldeep Yadav

Belonging to a diminishing creed of chinaman bowlers, Kuldeep Yadav is just 23, yet the consistency he has been displaying makes one think that he might end up playing over 300 One-day Internationals for India.

He recently became the fastest Indian spinner to take 50 wickets and has 66 wickets in mere 32 ODIs. His Test figures aren't that bad either, as he has 19 wickets in 5 matches at an average of 25.

Having variety in his bowling and the good wrist moment, Kuldeep, right now is the top-ranked limited-overs spinner playing for India.

#5 Jasprit Bumrah

The current pace-bowling spearhead of India, Jasprit Bumrah, with 788 rating points is the number one ranked ODI bowler according to the latest ICC rankings. His ODI bowling average is 21.42, which surely is way beyond good.

24-year-old Gujarati cricketer has just 43 ODIs to his name so far but can turn the numbers to 300, owing to the level of cricket he is playing right now. However, it is never easy for a fast-bowler to play such a huge number of matches.

Bumrah has equally tremendous Test number as well, having taken 28 wickets in 6 matches with an economy of 2.92.