The late Kiwi great Martin Crowe called the quartet of Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Kane Williamson, and Joe Root the future of batting in 2014.

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The New Zealand legend termed the batters as the 'Fab Four' in his famous article for ESPNcricinfo.

Since that time, all four batters have captained their respective teams and played in the finals of ICC ODI events. See how they have performed in these matches.

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In the latest final where two of the four mentioned players played a final, Kane Williamson scored 11(14) before getting deceived by Kuldeep Yadav and Virat Kohli got 1(2) before he was plumb LBW against Michael Bracewell.

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So far, Kohli, Smith, and Joe Root have won ICC Cricket World Cups. Kohli also has the 2013 Champions Trophy to his name. Only Williamson among the four is yet to win an ICC ODI event despite playing three finals.