Rate these Test openers out of 10

[SLcric123]

Sunil Gavaskar
Graeme Smith
Matthew Hayden
Virender Sehwag
Alastair Cook
Gary Kirsten

 

[HuzaifaE]

Sunil Gavaskar - 10
Graeme Smith - 8.5
Matthew Hayden - 9
Virender Sehwag - 9
Alastair Cook - 8.5
Gary Kirsten - 8

 

[hk031992]

Very hard. Gavaskar is probably the best one even if i don't like his style

Among those i have seen play full test matches:

Smith- 9/10 (weakness to left arm bowlers keeps him from a perfect score but great player and immensely tough)

Hayden- 8.5/10 (great vs spin, decent vs pace, relatively weak record in Eng, NZ, SA keeps him from getting higher)

Sehwag- 8/10 (dominant in sub cont but weak in 3/4 main non sub continent nations)

Cook- 8.5/10 (struggles vs quality pace at times)

Kirsten 8.5/10 (played in a tougher era, gritty, determined, not an exceptional strokemaker though. However, his record in a tougher era compared to the others puts him up there).

 

[Ab Fan]

Gavaskar- 9.5
Smith- 8.5
Hayden- 8.5
Kirsten- 8
Sehwag- 8
Cook- 8

That is how it is I believe.

 

[Hasan123]

Sunil 10
Smith 9
Hayden 8.5
Kirsten 8
Sehwag 8
Cook 8

 

[Justcrazy]

Sunil Gavaskar : 9.5

Graeme Smith: 8

Matthew Hayden: 7.5

Virender Sehwag : 7

Alastair Cook: 7.5

Gary Kirsten: 7.5

 

[Protea Fan]

Smith- 8.5
Hayden- 8
Kirsten- 7
Sehwag- 8.5
Cook- 7.5

Can't rate someone whom i haven't watched live,so skipping sunny

 

[Godhelpma]

Graeme Smith: 8

Matthew Hayden: 8

Virender Sehwag : 7

Alastair Cook: 7.5

Gary Kirsten: 7

 

[Rishta Aunty]

Sunil Gavaskar - 10
Graeme Smith - 8.5
Matthew Hayden - 9
Virender Sehwag - 9
Alastair Cook - 8.5
Gary Kirsten -8

Gavaskar would get into any all-time Test XI as the opener. Tells you all you need to know.

 

[WildSwing]

Sunil Gavaskar 9.5
Graeme Smith 8
Matthew Hayden 7.5
Virender Sehwag 8
Alastair Cook 7
Gary Kirsten 7.25

 

[barah_admi]

Sunil Gavaskar 8/10

Graeme Smith 8/10

Matthew Hayden 8.5/10

Virender Sehwag 7/10

Alastair Cook 7/10

Gary Kirsten 6.5/10

The .5 simply represents a slight edge and isn't really statistically reflective of anything.

 

[Last Monetarist]

Sunil Gavaskar 9
Graeme Smith 9
Matthew Hayden 8
Virender Sehwag 8
Alastair Cook 7
Gary Kirsten 8

 

[Blackbradman]

Sunil Gavaskar - 9.5
Graeme Smith - 8
Matthew Hayden - 8.5
Virender Sehwag - 8.5
Alastair Cook - 8.5
Gary Kirsten - 8

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Sunil Gavaskar
Graeme Smith
Matthew Hayden
Virender Sehwag
Alastair Cook
Gary Kirsten

Sunil-10
Smith-9
Hayden-8.5
Sehwag-8
Cook-7.5
Kirsten-6.5

 

[Majestic]

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