All Time Greatest All Rounders in One Day Internationals

2) Jacques Kallis

Jacques Kallis is undoubtedly the greatest all-rounder to have played the game since Sir Garfield Sobers. Though he didn't receive as much adulation as his contemporaries vis a vis Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, etc., he was no less a player than any of them.

A true genius and an even better sportsman, Kallis played mainly as a specialist batsman in the latter half of his career but had already picked up enough wickets by then to be regarded as a genuine all-rounder.

Kallis made 11579 runs in 328 ODIs at a spectacular average of 44.36. He was the team's batting rock and a perfect sheet anchor for almost a decade and a half with his pure technique and stroke-making abilities.

He scored 17 tons and 86 fifties which is third highest in the all-time list after Sachin and Sangakara. His ability to ball quick and the swing in his deliveries often saw him opening the bowling attack for South Africa in ODIs.

His ability to read the game while batting and intelligence to restrict runs during the early overs made him one of the finest seam bowling all-rounders of the modern era. In 328 games, Kallis took 273 wickets with an economy of 4.84 and an average of 31.79 and rates highly on this all-time list.