Top 5 batsmen of this era who are yet to retire?

[RK_123]

My pick would be:

AB de Villiers
Amla
Kohli
Smith
Root

All formats combined??

 

[CricAddict]

My pick would be:

AB de Villiers
Amla
Kohli
Smith
Root

All formats combined??

Smith
Kohli
Williamson
ABDV
Root

Amla not that good in T20s.

 

[StephenZA]

Smith
Kohli
Williamson
ABDV
Root

Amla not that good in T20s.

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Really? Not playing in the IPL does not make you bad at t20`s.

 

[RK_123]

Smith
Kohli
Williamson
ABDV
Root

Amla not that good in T20s.

He has done well in T20s and how can you put Williamson higher than him?

 

[OverratedSanity]

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Really? Not playing in the IPL does not make you bad at t20`s.

He's actually done great in the IPL too

 

[Daemon]

Yep. It's Smith whose T20 game is lacking iirc.

 

[srbhkshk]

If one was to go by International T20s, ABD has a fairly poor record. Smith is the weakest here when it comes to all three formats, he is poor in T20s and average in ODIs, but he is far better in the format that matters the most. Kohli is the most well rounded one, averaging ~50 in all three.

 

[Hennybogan]

Warner can’t be far off.

 

[Gob]

If one was to go by International T20s, ABD has a fairly poor record. Smith is the weakest here when it comes to all three formats, he is poor in T20s and average in ODIs, but he is far better in the format that matters the most. Kohli is the most well rounded one, averaging ~50 in all three.

Smith is fairly good in ODIs i think

 

[vcs]

Yeah, I think he started poorly by his standards, but now he's really good.

 

[kingkallis]

Kohli
Amla
ABdV
Warner
Root

 

[srbhkshk]

Smith is fairly good in ODIs i think

He is OK, not on the level of other members of big 4.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Agent Smith
Kane Williamson
Joe Root
AB De Villiers
David Warner

Special mentions
Azhar Ali - has been very impressive lately and if he played T20s as well he'd probably do well there too

 

[StephenZA]

He's actually done great in the IPL too

When he has been picked... bit of a travesty there really.

I do know that people here rate Amla, but also always seem to try find issues with his performances. I rate Amla higher than ABdV, maybe not in pure talent but definitely in consistent performance. I think he is just such an unassuming cricketer that he gets underrated. Of all those mentioned here, Amla is the one I would trust to bat for my life around the world, even if he is probably not the most naturally gifted.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Multiformat I'd go,

Kohli (improved in the test format 2016-).
Root
ABV
Amla
Williamson
Smith (iffy Twenty20 form, ave 21.55 at s/r 122.44)
Warner (his stats add up but a home/flat track test bully)

 

[Austerlitz]

Warner is a big home track bully. Huge 20 point difference in average home and away,and even more terrible in subcontinent.
His big bat has now also been banned.

 

[Stefan9]

1.Kohli
2.Amla
3.Abdv
4.Williamson
5.Smith
6.Root (his terrible conversion rate hurts him)

 

[Gob]

He is OK, not on the level of other members of big 4.

Well neither Root nor Kane are in Kohli class in ODIs. I'd put them along with Smith. Might be better but same class

 

[Hennybogan]

Warner is a big home track bully. Huge 20 point difference in average home and away,and even more terrible in subcontinent.
His big bat has now also been banned.

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Well he just got a couple of hundreds in Bangladesh with the smaller bat.

 

[Burgey]

Bizarre changes to this joint when T20s get equal weighting to tests. Anyway, hoping the Ashes produces lots of DLF Maximums.