Top 5 Test openers in the world right now

Test openers no longer hunt in pairsGood opening batsmen are worth their weight in gold when it comes to Test cricket. More often than not, teams which have solid openers are more likely to succeed as compared to the others.Some of the best examples of this from the past two decades include Australia, with Hayden and Langer at the top and India, when Sehwag and Gambhir opened the innings. In the current cricketing scene, we may not have too many great associations at the top of the order but there are certainly a number of individuals who have done well in the opening slot.Here’s who we think are the 5 best openers in the world right now:

#5 Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh)

Tamim has been consistent across all formats

Easily the best batsman for his country across all formats, Bangladeshi opener Tamim Iqbal has done a more than decent job at the top of the order. Despite having a below average start to his Test career, he has picked up his game in the last couple of years and seems to be growing in confidence with every outing.

His greatest moment in the sun as Test opener came when he went on to score 206 against Pakistan in a home series earlier this year. What made the knock more special was the fact that it is the highest score by a Bangladesh batsman in Test cricket.

 

Tamim is also the highest run scorer for his country with more than 3,000 runs under his belt at an impressive average of 39 plus. The best bit for Tamim Iqbal is that he is still young and has a lot of time in his hands to visit previously uncharted territories for batsmen from his country.