The top five batsmen of the year were chosen for the polling. Responses came flooding in the 24-hour window on the Sportskeeda Facebook pages.
Different factors were catered for, and we combined the numbers from polling and the opinion of the in-house experts.
The final result came in and it reflected the current mood of the cricketing crowd.
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