From not being seen as 'one-day cricket material', to being on course for yet another ODI record, Hashim Amla is the heartbeat of the South African batting line-up.
For a player who was thought to be more of a Test specialist than a limited overs player, Hashim Amla sure knows how to rack up the runs in the one-day format. Already the holder of the record for fastest to 2,000, 3,000 and 4,000 runs in the one-day game, Amla is on course to become the fastest to 5,000 runs in ODIs, too.
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