Choose two batsmen from these 25 players who opened the innings in at least 75 innings in the Tendulkar Era
- SR Tendulkar (India) 1994-2012 344 340 23 15310 200* 48.29 17387 88.05 45 75 12
SR Watson (Aus) 2006-2012 82 81 7 3440 185* 46.48 3705 92.84 6 22 6
ML Hayden (Aus) 1993-2008 148 147 14 5892 181* 44.30 7486 78.70 10 33 7
ME Waugh (Aus) 1993-2002 141 141 11 5729 173 44.06 7465 76.74 15 32 9
TM Dilshan (SL) 2008-2012 86 86 6 3513 160* 43.91 3751 93.65 11 13 5
S Chanderpaul (WI) 1996-2011 77 77 9 2949 150 43.36 4216 69.94 7 18 3
G Kirsten (SA) 1993-2003 175 175 16 6647 188* 41.80 9199 72.25 13 45 10
SC Ganguly (India) 1996-2007 242 236 16 9146 183 41.57 12428 73.59 19 58 13
CH Gayle (ICC/WI) 2000-2011 210 206 15 7839 153* 41.04 9263 84.62 19 42 19
G Gambhir (India) 2003-2012 81 78 6 2948 150 40.94 3341 88.23 7 18 7
Saeed Anwar (Pak) 1990-2003 218 218 16 8141 194 40.30 10164 80.09 20 37 13
NV Knight (Eng) 1996-2003 92 92 9 3345 125* 40.30 4572 73.16 5 23 6
GC Smith (Afr/SA) 2002-2012 180 178 10 6583 141 39.18 8055 81.72 9 45 8
AJ Strauss (Eng) 2003-2011 83 83 3 3053 158 38.16 3658 83.46 5 21 6
MS Atapattu (SL) 1997-2007 93 92 9 3128 124 37.68 4616 67.76 6 19 5
ME Trescothick (Eng) 2000-2006 123 122 6 4335 137 37.37 5087 85.21 12 21 13
Salman Butt (Pak) 2004-2010 77 77 4 2725 136 37.32 3571 76.30 8 14 14
V Sehwag (Asia/ICC/India) 2001-2012 208 206 6 7335 219 36.67 6978 105.11 14 34 13
AC Gilchrist (Aus/ICC) 1998-2008 260 259 7 9200 172 36.50 9385 98.02 16 53 17
HH Gibbs (SA) 1996-2010 183 182 11 6103 153 35.69 7365 82.86 18 24 17
WU Tharanga (SL) 2005-2012 133 129 6 4311 133 35.04 5837 73.85 12 22 13
NJ Astle (NZ) 1995-2007 191 186 9 6176 145* 34.89 8492 72.72 14 37 16
ADR Campbell (Zim) 1995-2003 77 77 3 2574 124 34.78 3777 68.14 6 14 2
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) 1993-2011 388 383 15 12740 189 34.61 13775 92.48 28 66 29