Virender Sehwag selected his top-5 ODI batsmen, chose these legends including Virat Kohli

Only a couple of hours are left for the Champions Trophy 2025 to be played. Fans are expecting this mini World Cup with bated breath, and even retired cricketers are making plenty of statements ahead of this ODI tournament. Former India opener Virender Sehwag has, meanwhile, picked his best 5 ODI batsmen to date, and two of them are superstars of India. Sehwag has outranked Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli in his best 5 ODI batsmen. The other three, meanwhile, are Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, and Inzamam-ul-Haq.

Virender Sehwag has also been India's mainstay. Sehwag also changed India's attacking style and scored a huge amount of runs with his aggression against the bowlers from the very start. Sehwag, who represented India in 104 Test and 251 ODI matches, is India's greatest opener.

Chris Gayle was a great batsman and opener. I remember India went to West Indies in 2002-03 and Chris Gayle scored three centuries in the six-match series. He was the first player I saw at the international level who used to hit sixes against fast bowlers off the backfoot, Sehwag said on Cribuzz.

Talking about Proteas great de Villiers, Sehwag claimed that his ability to hit sixes off-balance makes him different from others. He said that at No. 4 is AB de Villiers. I loved his way of playing. He is the only batsman who can hit sixes off-balance.

At the same time, Sehwag placed Inzamam-ul-Haq at number 3 and said that he is one of the best ODI players in Asia. Inzamam used to come to bat at number 4 and control the match. So, I learned from him how to take the match till the end. How you can control the match. At that time, it was very difficult to chase seven or eight runs in an over, but Inzamam used to do it with a smile. Because he used to calculate when and who to hit a six.