World Cup 2019 is going to be full of entertainer by the opening batsman of every team. As per current ODI batting ranking, out of 20 TOP batsmen, there are 11 are opening batsman. So you can imagine how will be the contribution in World Cup of openers.
We have brought out top 5 openings unites of present ODI cricket:-
England - England is the favourite team for World Cup 2019. This is the reason behind their strong batting unit along with every department. Similarly, from the last couple of year, the contribution from opening batsman even rise up.
The opener Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hale have played fantastic innings in the past couple of years as openers. They are able to play long and big inning and Chang the match way.
Jason Roy and Bairstow have scored 1401 runs in 24 innings with a fantastic average of 58.
Records of All three openers: - Strike rate of all three is fantastic and impact hard to any bowlers.
Jason Roy debuted as opening batsman itself and played in that position from start. records of all three as Opening the inning : -
Jonny Bairstow is on his career-best form and as an opener, he has scored 6 hundred from the last couple of year. His average as an opener is above 50 and strike rate even more than 113. Best from his tool career records.
Jason Roy is the regular and most consistent opener of England and with the strong backup of Alex Hales England opening pairs look really Dangerous.
India - Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan are regular and most constant since 2013. This pair is 2nd best opening pair for India after S Tendulkar and S Ganguly.
Both have scored 4541 runs in 101 innings till now which is 4th highest in ODI cricket. Scored 15-century partnership and 13 fifty with an average of 45.41.
KL Rahul has fantastic IPL season and his record as opener even impressive. he made 343 runs in 13 innings with an average of 56. So as to the total
Rohit Sharma is the player who can play big inning as he has shown in past. he has more than 7 innings 150 plus and 3 innings 200 plus. also had more than 200 sixes which is more than inning he played. Dhawan also had 16 century as an opener since he started playing from 2013.
Also Read - Top Most Batting Records in World Cup
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David Warner and Aron Finch were regular openers for Australia before the year and both have done a good job.
Both have 2128 runs in 48 innings with 44 average and 5 hundred. even Khawaja and Finch gave some great opening stand in 14 innings. Absence of Warner Finch and Khawaja scored 897 runs with an average of 64 and hit 3 hundred with 4 fifties.
David Warner, from 2015 to 2017 have scored 12 hundred and able to maintain his average more than 55 and above. He has played inning like 178,179 and 173 and more also his strike rate above 100.
Records of All three Openers : -
Finch also in good touch this year where he played his career best 153*. his average in 52 in 2019 and also able to maintain decent form since 2013. He played good knock with khawaja in last couple of series.
There more opening unite that even give good amount of entertainment.
West Indies, New Zealand and Pakistan
We have brought out top 5 openings unites of present ODI cricket:-
England - England is the favourite team for World Cup 2019. This is the reason behind their strong batting unit along with every department. Similarly, from the last couple of year, the contribution from opening batsman even rise up.
The opener Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hale have played fantastic innings in the past couple of years as openers. They are able to play long and big inning and Chang the match way.
Jason Roy and Bairstow have scored 1401 runs in 24 innings with a fantastic average of 58.
Records of All three openers: - Strike rate of all three is fantastic and impact hard to any bowlers.
Overall
|
Inns
|
NO
|
100s
|
50s
|
HS
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
S/R
|
Jason Roy
|
71
|
2
|
7
|
12
|
180
|
2661
|
38.57
|
105.51
|
Alexander Hales
|
67
|
3
|
6
|
14
|
171
|
2419
|
37.8
|
95.73
|
Jonny Bairstow
|
54
|
8
|
6
|
8
|
141*
|
2118
|
46.04
|
105.01
|
Jason Roy debuted as opening batsman itself and played in that position from start. records of all three as Opening the inning : -
Opening
|
Inns
|
NO
|
100s
|
50s
|
HS
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
S/R
|
Jason Roy
|
71
|
2
|
7
|
12
|
180
|
2661
|
38.57
|
105.51
|
Alexander Hales
|
53
|
2
|
5
|
12
|
171
|
1974
|
38.71
|
96.29
|
Jonny Bairstow
|
32
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
141*
|
1471
|
50.72
|
113.33
|
Jonny Bairstow is on his career-best form and as an opener, he has scored 6 hundred from the last couple of year. His average as an opener is above 50 and strike rate even more than 113. Best from his tool career records.
Jason Roy is the regular and most consistent opener of England and with the strong backup of Alex Hales England opening pairs look really Dangerous.
India - Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan are regular and most constant since 2013. This pair is 2nd best opening pair for India after S Tendulkar and S Ganguly.
Both have scored 4541 runs in 101 innings till now which is 4th highest in ODI cricket. Scored 15-century partnership and 13 fifty with an average of 45.41.
KL Rahul has fantastic IPL season and his record as opener even impressive. he made 343 runs in 13 innings with an average of 56. So as to the total
Overall
|
Inns
|
NO
|
100s
|
50s
|
HS
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
S/R
|
Rohit Sharma
|
200
|
31
|
22
|
41
|
264
|
8010
|
47.4
|
87.95
|
Shikhar Dhawan
|
127
|
7
|
16
|
27
|
143
|
5355
|
44.63
|
93.8
|
KL Rahul
|
13
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
100*
|
343
|
34.3
|
80.9
|
Rohit Sharma is the player who can play big inning as he has shown in past. he has more than 7 innings 150 plus and 3 innings 200 plus. also had more than 200 sixes which is more than inning he played. Dhawan also had 16 century as an opener since he started playing from 2013.
Position
|
Inns
|
NO
|
100s
|
50s
|
HS
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
S/R
|
Rohit Sharma
|
121
|
14
|
20
|
29
|
264
|
6043
|
56.48
|
91.51
|
Shikhar Dhawan
|
127
|
7
|
16
|
27
|
143
|
5355
|
44.63
|
93.8
|
KL Rahul
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
100*
|
280
|
56
|
83.58
|
Also Read - Top Most Batting Records in World Cup
Also Read - World Cup Squad of Every Team and Major Changes
Australia - With the entry of David Warner Australia batting line up get strong balance. With good performance from the last couple of series Australia back in the race of favourite for World Cup 2019. and form of Warner, Khawaja and Finch make opening stand strong as earlier.
David Warner and Aron Finch were regular openers for Australia before the year and both have done a good job.
Both have 2128 runs in 48 innings with 44 average and 5 hundred. even Khawaja and Finch gave some great opening stand in 14 innings. Absence of Warner Finch and Khawaja scored 897 runs with an average of 64 and hit 3 hundred with 4 fifties.
David Warner, from 2015 to 2017 have scored 12 hundred and able to maintain his average more than 55 and above. He has played inning like 178,179 and 173 and more also his strike rate above 100.
Records of All three Openers : -
Opening
|
Inns
|
NO
|
100s
|
50s
|
HS
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
S/R
|
Finch
|
103
|
2
|
13
|
21
|
153*
|
4032
|
39.92
|
88.17
|
Warner
|
103
|
3
|
14
|
17
|
179
|
4322
|
43.22
|
96.22
|
Khawaja
|
20
|
1
|
2
|
8
|
104
|
1019
|
53.63
|
85.99
|
Finch also in good touch this year where he played his career best 153*. his average in 52 in 2019 and also able to maintain decent form since 2013. He played good knock with khawaja in last couple of series.
Overall
|
Inns
|
NO
|
100s
|
50s
|
HS
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
S/R
|
Finch
|
105
|
2
|
13
|
21
|
153*
|
4052
|
39.34
|
88.16
|
Warner
|
104
|
4
|
14
|
17
|
179
|
4343
|
43.43
|
96.55
|
Khawaja
|
30
|
2
|
2
|
10
|
104
|
1238
|
44.21
|
83.09
|
There more opening unite that even give good amount of entertainment.
West Indies, New Zealand and Pakistan
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