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Martin Guptill vs Rohit Sharma vs David Warner - Who is the best opener in ODIs?

Smbhayi said:
That destructive thing was Wat overrated. Hadn't Dravid is there india would've lost so many matches in 2000s.
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I clearly stated it's not just about destruction only. Dravid is less rated for this reason only. Amla is better than Dravid in this regard anyways but there are other points that are valid too and goes against him.
 
Hasan123 said:
Gibbs innings vs Australia is an innings amla could never ever play.I wouldn't say gibbs is better than Hayden or Sehwag but his impact on a LO game is bigger than Amla will is
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Afridi's 100s against SL and India are knocks Sachin could never play = Afridi is more impactful than Sachin :)))
 
For me
David
Hashim
Rohit(he hasn't played much impactful innings)
Guptill
 
Guptill is the best LO opener in the world right now. Warner is second and De Kock is 3rd.
 
Warner by a some distance. If he can continue current form for 2 more years he will be an ATG easily. screenshot-stats.espncricinfo.com-2017-03-01-16-31-30.jpg
 
Warner/de Kock
de Kock/Warner
Guptill
Rohit
Roy

Top 5 ODI openers at the moment, but once de Kock peaks, I don't see anyone catching him. He is an ATG in the making and will easily score 30+ tons. We talk about Kohli breaking Tendulkar's 49 centuries record, but I think de Kock has a great shot at it as well.
 
Mamoon said:
Warner/de Kock
de Kock/Warner
Guptill
Rohit
Roy

Top 5 ODI openers at the moment, but once de Kock peaks, I don't see anyone catching him. He is an ATG in the making and will easily score 30+ tons. We talk about Kohli breaking Tendulkar's 49 centuries record, but I think de Kock has a great shot at it as well.
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Kock is pretty inconsistent, his average should be easily above 45. Although he can easily increase it. Openers in ODI nowadays are much better than they were 20 years back. Warner, Guptill, Roy, Tamim, Babar are all best ODI batsmen of their respective countries, and Kock will soon take over once AB retires.
 
Guptill scores second T20i Hundred off of only 49 balls. Beat B.mac by 1 bowl to hold the record for fastest century for nz.
 
Rohit sharma is already two times better batsman than guptil or Warner will ever be. No comparison what so ever. How many double century does Warner or guptil have in limited overs cricket?
 
Martin Guptill becomes the fifth New Zealander to 6000 ODI runs

Martin Guptill has crossed the 6,000-run mark in ODIs on Thursday, becoming the fifth batsman from New Zealand to do so.

In his comeback match for the first time since March, Guptill – in his 160th ODI – followed Stephen Fleming (8007), Ross Taylor (7433), Nathan Astle (7090) and Brendon McCullum (6083) to the milestone of 6,000 ODI runs.

Guptill is the owner of the only ODI double-century for New Zealand, an unbeaten 237 off 163 balls against West Indies in Wellington during the 2015 ICC World Cup.

Guptill missed the tour of the UAE with a calf injury. A day before the opening ODI of 2019, the 32-year-old spoke of “having a bit of fun” at the top of the order.

“Pretty much business as usual to be honest, I don’t see my role changing too much in the side,” said Guptill. ”I haven’t played for New Zealand since last summer which is quite a long time ago so to be back here is extremely exciting and I’m looking forward to getting back into it.”

https://www.cricketcountry.com/news...l-fifth-new-zealander-to-6000-odi-runs-786473
 
Good inning by Guptill. 3 years ago, both Rohit and Guptill were in the same league but Rohit took his game to another level in 50-overs game while Guptill went a bit off-colour.

Good comeback, albeit vs Sri Lanka.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Martin Guptill last 8 scores at this World Cup:<br><br>1, 8, 20, 5, 0, 35, 0, 25<br>Runs 94<br>Average 11.75<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/INDvNZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#INDvNZ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWC19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CWC19</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1148531118687293441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
There was a time when Guptil was a powerful batsman who could hit fours and sixes with ease. This certainly has not been the case lately for him, and one would question what’s going on with him mentally and maybe even physically. His performance was substandard in today’s match against India as was apparent when he was back in the pavilion and looking pretty disappointed with himself. The same goes for Chris Gayle, the West Indies secret weapon when he performed abysmally in the match with India. Perhaps the ICC needs to look deeper into these two situations as to why these two Champion cricketers are not performing to their maximum best - especially since both his matches were against India.
 
Chasing_The_Dream said:
There was a time when Guptil was a powerful batsman who could hit fours and sixes with ease. This certainly has not been the case lately for him, and one would question what’s going on with him mentally and maybe even physically. His performance was substandard in today’s match against India as was apparent when he was back in the pavilion and looking pretty disappointed with himself. The same goes for Chris Gayle, the West Indies secret weapon when he performed abysmally in the match with India. Perhaps the ICC needs to look deeper into these two situations as to why these two Champion cricketers are not performing to their maximum best - especially since both his matches were against India.
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Lol like either of them performed in a single match in this wc,talk about great india.jeez you are nutz
 
Chasing_The_Dream said:
There was a time when Guptil was a powerful batsman who could hit fours and sixes with ease. This certainly has not been the case lately for him, and one would question what’s going on with him mentally and maybe even physically. His performance was substandard in today’s match against India as was apparent when he was back in the pavilion and looking pretty disappointed with himself. The same goes for Chris Gayle, the West Indies secret weapon when he performed abysmally in the match with India. Perhaps the ICC needs to look deeper into these two situations as to why these two Champion cricketers are not performing to their maximum best - especially since both his matches were against India.
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It's the biggest conspiracy in the history of cricket. Sab mile huye hain.

Even the Queen is involved!!!
 
Rohit
Warner
Guptill

Till 2016, Rohit and Guptill had similar graph.After that, Guptill failed to take his game to another level while Rohit did that very successfully.
 
Rohit and Warner are equal right now.

I am absolutely a fan of Warner the way he is approaching the game right now.

While Rohit Sharma is literally a God making everything look so easy , Warner is a fighter who fights for every run scored.

Who is Martin Guptil though
 
Guptill has vanished, once upon a time he was a top 5 batsman in ODIs, ahead of Wiiliamson and Root. Now he isn't 10% of what he used to be.
 
IPL keeps the game of players sharp. Guptill flunked in the iPL too. Probably a sign of loss of reflexes. You see very few players getting back their form after a certain age.
 
Guptill was a beast 4-5 years ago. Age is catching up probably. He should retire now that WC is over.
 
Guptill is very overrated. Never saw him perform against us or any good attack. Looks like minnow basher to me. Warner and Rohit are in different leagues than him.
 
Guptill love to bash not so good attacks. He really becomes a different player against these bowlers.
Let's see if Hideman is going to do the same thing. He often does it.
 
Mobashir said:
Guptill love to bash not so good attacks. He really becomes a different player against these bowlers.
Let's see if Hideman is going to do the same thing. He often does it.
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Weird response. The topic is about ODIs.

But tbf Rohit did smash a 140 runs against Pakistan the last time he faced them in ODIs. So I take your point:narine
 
Veteran New Zealand opener Martin Guptill has added another feather to his illustrious cap during the ICC World T20 2021 match between the Kane Williamson-led side and Scotland at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. The premier opener of the Williamson-led side handed the Black Caps a brisk start after Kyle Coetzer-led Scotland side won the toss and opted to field.

Speed merchant Safyaan Sharif provided Scotland with an early breakthrough by removing Daryl Mitchell in the 4th over. The Scottish strike bowler also managed to cut short Williamson's stay at the crease in the same over. Though Sharif got the Williamson-led side on the backfoot, opener Guptill remained keen on plundering runs in the opening Powerplay of the ICC World T20 match between the two sides.

Guptill completed 24 runs while opening the innings for the Black Caps to script another T20I record. Playing his 105th T20 international for New Zealand, the veteran opener has completed 3,000 runs in the shortest format. For the record, Guptill is the only second batter to amass 3000 runs in Men's T20Is. India skipper Virat Kohli is the first male cricketer to score 3,000 in the shortest format of the game.

Nicknamed King Kohli, the Indian run-machine had achieved the same feat while playing his 87th match for the Asian giants during the bilateral series between India and England. Kohli, who will step down from T20I captaincy after India's campaign in the ICC World T20 has amassed 3,225 runs from 92 matches for India.

New Zealand opener Guptill has smashed over 3,000 runs in 105 matches for the Black Caps. Guptill is followed by Indian opener and vice-captain Rohit Sharma. The premier opener of the Team India side has 2,878 runs under his belt. Rohit will hope to increase his run tally in India's crucial fixture against Afghanistan at the ICC World T20 2021 on Wednesday.

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports...-2nd-batter-to-complete-3000-t20i-runs/829071
 
1. Rohit Sharma
2. David Warner
3. Johnny Bairstow
4. Jason Roy
5. Shikhar Dhawan

Fakhar Zaman is excellent opener too but Dhawan has been around longer. Quinton de Kock is perhaps better than both when it comes to bilaterals but is a failure in World Cup.

Guptill has regressed.
 
Rohit Sharma was an ATG even back in 2019, the only reason he's not the GOAT LOI opener is because Tendulkar.

The others are decent but Sharma is in his own league.
 
Joseph Gomes said:
Rohit Sharma was an ATG even back in 2019, the only reason he's not the GOAT LOI opener is because Tendulkar.

The others are decent but Sharma is in his own league.
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The best LOI opener of this generation.

1. Rohit - 9/10
2. Warner - 8/10
3. Bairstow - 8/10
4. Roy - 8/10
5. Dhawan - 7.5/10
 
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The only chink in Rohit's LoI armour is his record in ICC knockout games, otherwise, he is perhaps the second-best LoI opener ever.

However, no one can succeed in every game he plays. Rohit has 3 more chances, this T20 WC (that is if we can reach SF), next year's T20 WC and ODI WC '23. If he can help India win even in 2/3 instances, he'd have greatly exorcised his ghosts of knockout games.
 
Ab Fan said:
The best LOI opener of this generation.

1. Rohit - 9/10
2. Warner - 8/10
3. Bairstow - 8/10
4. Roy - 8/10
5. Dhawan - 7.5/10
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Agree, I would put Bairstow at 8.5 though, he is nuts. Dhawan hasn't kept up with his peers sadly.
 
Guptill's dismissal today:

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Martin Guptill has pipped Virat Kohli to become the highest run-scorer in T20I cricket. The right-handed batsman was just 11 runs short of Kohli's tally before the start of the 2nd T20I against India. Guptill quickly leapfrogged Kohli and scored 14 runs in the very first over to regain the top spot after 3 years.

The New Zealand opener kicked off the proceedings with back-to-back boundaries on the first two deliveries of the match. On the 4th ball, Guptill went for a big hit but failed to clear the distance. Though he continued to bat on as KL Rahul dropped a tough chance.

On the final delivery of the over, Guptill sent the ball towards the long-off boundary to go past Kohli and churn out a total of 14 runs from the over.

Guptill now has 3242* runs in T20I cricket. His tally includes 2 centuries and 19 half-centuries. Former India T20I skipper sits at the 2nd spot with 3227 runs in 95 T20Is. He isn't part of the ongoing series and is likely to make his comeback in the shortest format during the South Africa tour.

India's T20I skipper Rohit Sharma sits at the 3rd spot with 3086 runs. His tally includes 4 centuries and 24 half-centuries. Aaron Finch (2608) and Paul Stirling (2570) sit at the 4th and 5th spots, respectively.

Talking of the ongoing Ind-Nz fixture, the visitors are off to a positive start and have put up a total of 42/0 in just 4 overs. Guptill has led the charge from the front and is batting on 25 off just 13 deliveries. Daryl Mitchell has contributed 16 runs off 11 balls.

NZ have made a total of 3 changes for the fixture whereas India have brought in Harshal Patel. The home team is leading the three-match series 1-0.

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports...mes-highest-run-scorer-in-t20i-cricket/833516
 
Rohit is already ATG in limited overs cricket.
Warner is more effective than Guptill in ODIs..
Rohit > Warner >> Guptill..
Off topic, Dekock, Bairstow, Roy are all better than Guptill.
 
therealAB said:
Flattest tracks in history though
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The point was about bilateral bully which is wrong as he had his share of performances in World Cup. In 2015, he was leading run scorer. Also, in bilaterals, his record is decentish, nothing extraordinary to be called a bully.
 
Ab Fan said:
The point was about bilateral bully which is wrong as he had his share of performances in World Cup. In 2015, he was leading run scorer. Also, in bilaterals, his record is decentish, nothing extraordinary to be called a bully.
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Ah ok, he's definitely not a bilateral bully, a flat track one though
 
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Martin Guptill went past Rohit Sharma to become the highest run-scorer in T20Is, both men and women, during the first T20I between Scotland and New Zealand in Edinburgh.

Rohit Sharma had become the highest run-scorer in T20Is earlier in the year when he went past countryman Virat Kohli against Sri Lanka in February. Guptill, who was close on his heels, now leapfrogged Rohit after making a 31-ball 40 against Scotland in the first T20I in Edinburgh.

Kohli was the first to breach the 3000-run mark in T20Is when he achieved the feat in 2021 during the second T20I of the home series against England in Ahmedabad. The 2000-run mark was first crossed by Guptill's countryman, Brendon McCullum eight years back. McCullum was, in fact, the first to cross the 1000-run barrier too in men's T20Is.

Currently, Guptill tops the list with 3399 runs and is closely followed by the Indian duo of Rohit (3379 runs) and Kohli (3308 runs). Paul Stirling comes fourth with 2894 T20I runs while the Australian skipper Aaron Finch is fifth with 2855 runs.

Guptill is the only New Zealand player in the top 10 with McCullum currently on 12th after finishing his career with 2140 T20I runs.

While Guptill went about breaking the milestone, his opening partner added a milestone of his own in Edinburgh, becoming the fifth New Zealand men's player to hit a T20I hundred. Allen completed his maiden T20I hundred off just 54 balls as New Zealand put on a mammoth 225 on board, helped by a late cameo from Jimmy Neesham, who finished on 30 off a mere nine balls.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2692159
 
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Have a look at these stats for Rohit "Hitman" Sharma. Truly phenomenal number at the opening slot for these 3 players. Look at the number of centuries Rohit has scored, absolute brilliant.
 
street cricketer said:
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Martin Guptill, Rohit Sharma and David Warner are arguably the best ODI openers in the world right now. Guptill, can play blitzkrieg innings with utmost ease. Rohit Sharma, when set, is capable of playing beastly knocks on a consistent basis. David Warner, as we all know, is capable of hitting the bowlers out of the park, be it at any stage of the game, from first ball till the 50th over.

Statswise, Guptill leads the three having scored the highest runs in the world last year in ODIs at an average of 60. Rohit closely follows him with an average of 58. Warner played fewer innings than both but still scored at an average of 55.

So, out of these three prolific run scorers, who do you think is the best ODI opener in the world? Whose name will be the first one in your team, were you to pick one among these three openers? Please give out your objective opinions..
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Sharma won this eventually followed by Warner and Gupta came last.
 
Ab Fan said:
Rohit
Warner
Guptill
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On turners and low bounce flat wickets that are slow rohit anyday

On swing friendly pitches I would go with Warner. Slight edge to him over rohit who is absolutely useless vs left arm swing.

On flat bouncy wickets it's equal.
 
kron said:
On turners and low bounce flat wickets that are slow rohit anyday

On swing friendly pitches I would go with Warner. Slight edge to him over rohit who is absolutely useless vs left arm swing.

On flat bouncy wickets it's equal.
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As you have been proved wrong a couple of times with stats in some other topic, you are wrong here too
Avg v left arm pace

in Tests
Rohit - 224
Warner - 38
Guptill - 25

In ODIs
Rohit - 44
Warner - 34
Guptill - 34
 
There is a story about how Rohit became an accidental opener.


"Dhoni just came up to me and said 'I want you to open the innings as I am confident that you will do well. Since you can play both cut and pull shot well, you have the qualities to succeed as an opener'," Rohit said. "He told me that I shouldn't be scared of failures or get upset by criticism.
 
kron said:
On turners and low bounce flat wickets that are slow rohit anyday

On swing friendly pitches I would go with Warner. Slight edge to him over rohit who is absolutely useless vs left arm swing.

On flat bouncy wickets it's equal.
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Warner is horrible in swinging conditions. Broad's bunny. He never clicked in any of the series. Rohit's issue against swing is only for 4 or 5 overs. Once he crosses that he is much better.
 
Front Foot Pull said:
As you have been proved wrong a couple of times with stats in some other topic, you are wrong here too
Avg v left arm pace

in Tests
Rohit - 224
Warner - 38
Guptill - 25

In ODIs
Rohit - 44
Warner - 34
Guptill - 34
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Based on eye test. Rohit sucks vs left arm pace. Do these stats include bilateral for the bilateral bully?

I dont care about such rubbish stats unless he performs in a ko.

Warner has performed in a ko in odi over rohit. Automatically picks himself really.

Left arm High pace not swing trundling at 125-130 pace. I am certain Warner fares better vs high pace left arm bowlers especially in crunch situations where rohit has been a certified failure.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Warner is horrible in swinging conditions. Broad's bunny. He never clicked in any of the series. Rohit's issue against swing is only for 4 or 5 overs. Once he crosses that he is much better.
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Just from what I have seen. I have never seen rohit survive in a ko though vs left arm pace so I am taking Warner here.

Now indian fans will bring up some stat from non odi world cup like how he did in champions trophy or some random bilateral which don't matter.
 
kron said:
Based on eye test. Rohit sucks vs left arm pace. Do these stats include bilateral for the bilateral bully?

I dont care about such rubbish stats unless he performs in a ko.

Warner has performed in a ko in odi over rohit. Automatically picks himself really.

Left arm High pace not swing trundling at 125-130 pace. I am certain Warner fares better vs high pace left arm bowlers especially in crunch situations where rohit has been a certified failure.
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Stats > green tinted eyes. I like warner too, but you putting down rohit only because of a couple of dismissals which you remember is the really bad.

You won't consider the stats i've posted but you will come up with blanket statements such as warner better at high left arm pace without any stats lol

So all of a sudden we must completely ignore all the bilaterals and only consider multinational tournaments? Rohit rested himself for many bilateral matches vs smaller teams.

He has performed in knockout too but i am sure you will apply BAN filter. Would be funny to see you come up with more excuses if he smashes a big team in knockout in this WC.
 
kron said:
Just from what I have seen. I have never seen rohit survive in a ko though vs left arm pace so I am taking Warner here.

Now indian fans will bring up some stat from non odi world cup like how he did in champions trophy or some random bilateral which don't matter.
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Rohit was out to henry in the WC 2019 semi not boult 🤦🤦🤦
 
kron said:
Just from what I have seen. I have never seen rohit survive in a ko though vs left arm pace so I am taking Warner here.

Now indian fans will bring up some stat from non odi world cup like how he did in champions trophy or some random bilateral which don't matter.
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That is an awful specific filter. Not that Warner was swing bully or Guptill who was repeatedly owned by Bhuvi's inswinging delivery in 2019 series. Everybody has some weakness. There is no batsman in the world that doesn't have weakness.
 
Due to his Test heroics, i will put Warner above Rohit.
Rohit is better ODIs batsman though 👍🏻

Overall
Warner
Rohit
Dekock
Guptill

Odis
Rohit
Warner
Dekock
Guptill
 
Front Foot Pull said:
Stats > green tinted eyes. I like warner too, but you putting down rohit only because of a couple of dismissals which you remember is the really bad.

You won't consider the stats i've posted but you will come up with blanket statements such as warner better at high left arm pace without any stats lol

So all of a sudden we must completely ignore all the bilaterals and only consider multinational tournaments? Rohit rested himself for many bilateral matches vs smaller teams.

He has performed in knockout too but i am sure you will apply BAN filter. Would be funny to see you come up with more excuses if he smashes a big team in knockout in this WC.
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Let's talk when he ACTUALLY SMASHES a big team in semis or finals. He hasn't done squat in odi world cups in a ko game. Let's not overrate a flat track bully.

If he helps india in a Ko this time then we will have a discussion about how great he is

Yes and nobody gives a toss about bilaterals. Performing in the actual world cup is the only thing that matters. He hasn't so far. Let's see if he does this year for India.

Smith is more clutch than him in odi and smith isn't even a good odi player lol.

Gambir played a greater knock than rohit ever did In odi.
 
Warner has won 2 world cups including t20

What has hone track bully won? Kohli was captain when india were number 1 for 5 years in tests but again rohit failed in the wtc finals.
 
Unbiased-Fan said:
Due to his Test heroics, i will put Warner above Rohit.
Rohit is better ODIs batsman though 👍🏻

Overall
Warner
Rohit
Dekock
Guptill

Odis
Rohit
Warner
Dekock
Guptill
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Warner was actually a liability in Tests being a bunny of Broad. Even in India he was clueless against Ashwin. Averaging mere 21. Struggled in SL too. I don't rate Rohit as a Test batsman although he has done well in recent times as an opener and on tough turning tracks in India. Warner has some gaping holes in his career. He was not a technical wizard. Viru offered him some wisdom :) He picked up and had a decent career. He is no Alistair Cook though.

“Sehwag always said to me: ‘What, they have some slips and a gully. Cover is open, mid-wicket is just there and mid-off and mid-on are up, you just play your way and you will get off to a flyer and sit there all day and pick them off,’” Warner recalled.
 
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