9. Michael Clarke
Touted as a Test genius, Michael Clarke was as valuable in the 50-overs format as well. Clarke was a relentless accumulator of runs in ODIs and sneaked past his side off many daunting situations en route to the path of ascendency. The right-hander was tailor-made for rebuilding a struggling innings apart from being an adroit in the craft of setting up of platform for the lower middle-order hitters to explode. The two-time World Cup winner always oozed elegance and class with the willow in hand like some artistic painter does with his magic brush.
The 2015 World Cup winning captain of Australia made 245 appearances in ODIs and aggregated 7,981 runs at a healthy average of 44.58.
