Legends of the sport like Sachin Tendulkar has registered 34,357 international runs which have accorded him the status of a God in the cricket-crazy nation of India. He is shortly followed by the Sri Lankan great, Kumara Sangakkara who has managed to smash a staggering 28,016 runs in international cricket followed by Punter, better known as Ricky Ponting, one of the most successful captains of Australia. Punter has managed to rack up 27,483 international runs.
However, the current list of batsmen which we will pen about will involve the seven highest international run-getters who are still active in the cricketing canon and are also touted as the likeliest contenders to rattle the records of the former legends.
7. Kane Williamson
Blooming since the same fray which brought Virat Kohli to the limelight, Kane Williamson and Tim Southee were the two biggest takeaways for New Zealand. With both of their careers extending for more than a decade now, Williamson has taken the world head-on with his mesmerizing batting flair.
After fighting along the blurry lines of greatness alongside Virat Kohli and Steven Smith, Williamson has come out in flying colours with his bat, captaincy and his agility in the field.
Termed as one the best tactical batsmen of the world, he has racked up a whopping 14,314 international runs until date, and with the potential that the Kiwi skipper houses, he is definitely en route to rattle the peerless cult status of Martin Crowe in the pantheon of Blackcaps cricketing gods.
6. Joe Root
Currently one of the faces of England’s unprecedented rise in the world cricketing roster which also saw them notching up the Cricket World Cup in 2019, Joe Root edged past Williamson in this race by a whisker.
With 14,459 international runs in his repertoire, Root is England’s leading batsman at the moment who plays the perfect companion to Ben Stokes and Jos Butler in the middle order.
