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Top 5 Asian openers in Test cricket

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Gavaskar is arguably rated as the best Asian opener of all-time. But who all would make the place if we discuss to list down the top 5 openers to play for an Asian cricket nation in Test cricket?

Best Batting Averages by Asian Openers in Test (Min 1000 Runs)

57.34 - Rohit Sharma
50.29 - Sunil Gavaskar
50.14 - Virender Sehwag
49.16 - Abid Ali
47.10 - Saeed Anwar

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Gavaskar
Anwar
Haneef Mohammad
Jayasuriya
Zaheer Abbas
 
Gavaskar …. then clear distance and name the others.
Look at his record against the finest sides of his time in their backyard — in Australia (5 hundreds with an average of over 50) and West Indies (7 hundreds at average of 70)
Astonishing especially in era before regular helmet use and no limits on bouncers.
 
Why are people mentioning Zaheer Abbas here? He was a no.3, not an opener.
 
Speaking of Test cricketr -

Gavaskar
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Sehwag
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gibsyhesperis said:
Gavaskar …. then clear distance and name the others.
Look at his record against the finest sides of his time in their backyard — in Australia (5 hundreds with an average of over 50) and West Indies (7 hundreds at average of 70)
Astonishing especially in era before regular helmet use and no limits on bouncers.
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I dont believe sunny ever played the 4 pronged attack barring once and that so happened to be his worst performance? Correct me if I am wrong.

I mean Roberts Marshall holding all together with a combo of Sylvester Clarke or Patterson or Garner.

Wow that depth for West indies. Insane
 
kron said:
I dont believe sunny ever played the 4 pronged attack barring once and that so happened to be his worst performance? Correct me if I am wrong.

I mean Roberts Marshall holding all together with a combo of Sylvester Clarke or Patterson or Garner.

Wow that depth for West indies. Insane
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I think in 82/83 he played against an attack of Robert’s, Holding, Marshall and Garner and scored a century.
An insane attack for sure
 
sweep_shot said:
Are you saying Gambhir and Dhawan were better than Sanath Jayasuriya?
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Yes both have better avg in overall career and in testing conditions. Jayasuriya was a FTB and rubbish bowlers bully on home pitches. He was a great ODI cricketer though
 
Contenders :-

India - Gavaskar, Merchant, Sehwag, Gambhir, Rohit, Sidhu, Shastri, Vijay, others

Pak - Anwar, Hanif, Majid, Azhar

SL - Jayasuriya, Dilshan, Karunaratne

BD - Tamim
 
Ab Fan said:
Contenders :-

India - Gavaskar, Merchant, Sehwag, Gambhir, Rohit, Sidhu, Shastri, Vijay, others

Pak - Anwar, Hanif, Majid, Azhar

SL - Jayasuriya, Dilshan, Karunaratne

BD - Tamim
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good list but i wont put shastri in there..
 
greatest said:
Gavaskar
Sehwag
Anwar
Jayasuriya
Srikkanth
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Lol at Srikkanth. He averaged 29 in Tests. I am sure Gambhir, Rohit, Sidhu, Vijay, Dhawan, Rahul all are better than him among Indian openers.

Majid Khan, Azhar Ali and Dilshan are also superior test openers.
 
Ab Fan said:
Lol at Srikkanth. He averaged 29 in Tests. I am sure Gambhir, Rohit, Sidhu, Vijay, Dhawan, Rahul all are better than him among Indian openers.

Majid Khan, Azhar Ali and Dilshan are also superior test openers.
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He is there for entertainment purpose only.
 
Asian Batsman Batting Position as opener
Overall ( min average 40 , runs 2000)
[table=class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]Avg [/td][td]100 [/td][td]50 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SM Gavaskar (IND) [/td][td]1971-1987 [/td][td]119 [/td][td]9607 [/td][td]50.29 [/td][td]33 [/td][td]42 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]V Sehwag (IND) [/td][td]2002-2013 [/td][td]98 [/td][td]8124 [/td][td]50.14 [/td][td]22 [/td][td]29 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RG Sharma (IND) [/td][td]2019-2024 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]2242 [/td][td]48.73 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Saeed Anwar (PAK) [/td][td]1990-2001 [/td][td]54 [/td][td]3957 [/td][td]47.1 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]25 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MS Atapattu (SL) [/td][td]1997-2007 [/td][td]79 [/td][td]5317 [/td][td]43.22 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]G Gambhir (IND) [/td][td]2004-2016 [/td][td]57 [/td][td]4119 [/td][td]42.9 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]22 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]NS Sidhu (IND) [/td][td]1983-1999 [/td][td]45 [/td][td]2911 [/td][td]42.8 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TM Dilshan (SL) [/td][td]2009-2013 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]2170 [/td][td]42.54 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]FDM Karunaratne (SL) [/td][td]2012-2024 [/td][td]88 [/td][td]6647 [/td][td]42.06 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]34 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Hanif Mohammad (PAK) [/td][td]1952-1969 [/td][td]39 [/td][td]2638 [/td][td]41.87 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]12 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]ST Jayasuriya (SL) [/td][td]1994-2007 [/td][td]90 [/td][td]5932 [/td][td]41.48 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]25 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]S Dhawan (IND) [/td][td]2013-2018 [/td][td]34 [/td][td]2315 [/td][td]40.61 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[/table]

Away (min avg 40 , runs 1000)
[table=class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]Avg [/td][td]100 [/td][td]50 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SM Gavaskar (IND) [/td][td]1971-1986 [/td][td]56 [/td][td]4869 [/td][td]52.9 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]20 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Saeed Anwar (PAK) [/td][td]1994-2001 [/td][td]27 [/td][td]2131 [/td][td]46.3 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]G Gambhir (IND) [/td][td]2004-2014 [/td][td]23 [/td][td]1797 [/td][td]46.1 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]V Sehwag (IND) [/td][td]2002-2012 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]3628 [/td][td]45.4 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]12 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MS Atapattu (SL) [/td][td]1997-2007 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]2667 [/td][td]45.2 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RJ Shastri (IND) [/td][td]1982-1992 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]1004 [/td][td]43.7 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Taufeeq Umar (PAK) [/td][td]2002-2012 [/td][td]21 [/td][td]1483 [/td][td]42.4 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Majid Khan (PAK) [/td][td]1974-1979 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]1299 [/td][td]41.9 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Tamim Iqbal (BAN) [/td][td]2008-2022 [/td][td]30 [/td][td]2290 [/td][td]40.2 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Hanif Mohammad (PAK) [/td][td]1952-1967 [/td][td]21 [/td][td]1480 [/td][td]40 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[/table]
 
Highest opening partnership average in WTC 2023-25 (Min 10 Innings Played)

50.60 - Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal (1164 Runs/23 Innings)
47.68 - Usman Khawaja and David Warner (763 Runs/16 Innings)
38.46 - Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett (1000 Runs/26 Innings)
30.30 - Kraigg Brathwaite and Mikyle Louis (303 Runs/10 Innings)
24.91 - Nishan Madushka and Dimuth Karunaratne (299 Runs/12 Innings)
 
FearlessRoar said:
Highest opening partnership average in WTC 2023-25 (Min 10 Innings Played)

50.60 - Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal (1164 Runs/23 Innings)
47.68 - Usman Khawaja and David Warner (763 Runs/16 Innings)
38.46 - Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett (1000 Runs/26 Innings)
30.30 - Kraigg Brathwaite and Mikyle Louis (303 Runs/10 Innings)
24.91 - Nishan Madushka and Dimuth Karunaratne (299 Runs/12 Innings)
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one day Saim Ayub and Abdullah shafique will break this record.
 
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