Kenneth Viljoen
International Debutant
Both were late bloomers in Test Cricket
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Rohit Sharma vs Usman Khawaja - The Better Test Opener ?
- Thread starter Kenneth Viljoen
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Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Very close between them but the top 4 would probably be
Conway
Karunaratne
Khawaja
Rohit
Conway
Karunaratne
Khawaja
Rohit
Sharma is far better than Karunaratne who averages 30 away
Coronis
Cricketer Of The Year
What’s your point, so does Sharma
Socerer 01
International Captain
not when he’s an opener though
Arachnodouche
International Captain
This version of Khawaja inspires more confidence. He's going to end up with a great average regardless of nitpicking.
Coronis
Cricketer Of The Year
lol. Could be because he’s played literally two series away as an opener.
Anyway its Khawaja easily at this point.
Socerer 01
International Captain
its just 1 less match than Conway who was mentioned in this thread. i would normally agree for anyone else to take in their older records but Rohit is the 1 player who plays completely different as opener and is much better there so his middle order days have little bearing on who he is now
Coronis
Cricketer Of The Year
mmk but Khawaja averages ~70 away as an opener over more matches so yeah
He averages 45 away as an opener
Kenneth Viljoen
International Debutant
Rohit Sharma and Usman Khawaja would be a cracking opening partnership.
Brook's side
State Vice-Captain
Sharma should have been picked consistently much much much earlier.
I remember watching him score a big 100 for Mumbai in the final of the domestic competition around....2008 probably, and they were already talking about him being ready for his place in the test side.
Love watching Kwaja. Even his forward defence is elegant.
Socerer 01
International Captain
Sharma let himself down though, he was backed a lot once
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Would be interesting to see who people would pick for a current World XI. I'd definitely not go with Karunaratne but I'm really torn between the other three openers.
1 Rohit/Khawaja
2 Conway/Khawaja
3 Williamson
4 Smith
5 Root
6 Blundell
7 Jadeja
8 Cummins
9 Rabada
10 Lyon
11 Anderson
Didn't consider Pant, Bumrah, Jamieson or Haze due to long-term injuries. I'd consider Stokes for Jadeja in certain conditions but only if he was actually fit to bowl properly. Maybe Shaheen for Lyon would make more sense when two spinners wouldn't be needed, but he hasn't played a Test in almost a year due to injury either (fit enough to play T20 recently though). Who'd be the next best quick? Nortje maybe?
I'll probably cop some **** for leaving Marnus and Ashwin out. Come at me.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
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For a test that starts tomorrow, Harry Brook is the first name on the sheet but appreciate you might be judging over a longer timeframe