5 Indian middle order batsmen who became superb openers

For any side, the openers are a crucial part of the team. Any team wants a good start while batting and the openers are important in that way. Be it seeing out the new ball burst of the opposition in Test cricket, or making use of the Powerplay in ODI cricket, the opener’s job is crucial.

A lot of India’s successful openers, in both forms of the game started off as middle order batsmen, before making the switch to the top of the order.

Here is a list of 5 of the best who made that transition from the middle to the top of the order.

5. Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma

Although he has opened the batting in ODIs only for a year now, that change has enabled Rohit Sharma to have the best year of his career, to date. Along with Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit has rolled back the years, to the Sachin-Ganguly era, as two openers who could give India flying starts in ODI cricket. Rohit has been the 3rd highest run scorer in ODIs in 2013, scoring 1196 runs, in 28 innings, at an average of 52.

Although this one year does not take Rohit into the pantheon of great openers, he has started off on the right track.