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Rohit Sharma is the Best opener in ODI fromat - A thread
From Sunil Gavaskar to Mayank Agarwal there are many players who opened for India in ODI. But there's no one like Rohit Sharma who had a tonnes of impact on the game they are playing. In ODIs the primary goal of the opener is to see-off the new ball and play mandatory overs.
It's not an openers responsibility to finish matches but he has done it a pretty good number of times, that's why he's the BEST.
Rohit Sharma has amassed a 7148 runs in ODI as an opener in 138 matches. Which is 2nd best after Gayle who played 274 matches and scored 10179 runs, among the current openers playing the game. That's why he's the BEST.
Rohit sharma has the best average (58.11) as an opener in ODI.
parameter - true average : runs/innings including notouts
Rohit - 51.79
Sehwag - 35.56
Sachin - 45.02
Jayasuriya - 33.26
Gayle - 37.14
Gilchrist - 35.52
Ganguly - 38.75
Amla - 46.19
That's why he's the BEST.
parameter - true average : runs/innings including notouts
Rohit - 51.79
Sehwag - 35.56
Sachin - 45.02
Jayasuriya - 33.26
Gayle - 37.14
Gilchrist - 35.52
Ganguly - 38.75
Amla - 46.19
That's why he's the BEST.