6 star cricketers who were limited-overs specialists

#3 Michael Bevan

Bevan was considered as an expert during run chases

Michael Bevan is perhaps among the most consistent ODI batsmen of all time as his 50-plus average in the format suggests. Before the Dhonis and Kohlis displayed their abilities at chasing down totals, it was Bevan who showed the cricketing world how to effect successful run chases.

The southpaw was a limited-overs specialist in every sense, even though he did feature in 18 Tests for Australia between 1994 and 1998. During his ODI career, Bevan rescued the Aussie side from many tricky situations, especially while chasing, and led them to some incredible wins.

In 232 one-day internationals, Michael Bevan had a tally of 6912 runs at a staggering average of 53.58 and he remained unbeaten 67 times in 196 innings. Meanwhile, he scored just under 800 runs in 30 Test innings at a much inferior average of 29.07 and with just 6 half-centuries.

The Australian limited-overs great did not play a single T20 match even in domestic cricket, let alone the international arena.