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International Captain
Here are the top openers of the decade. I have listed out those who have scored 2000 plus runs as openers against major test teams accoring to their batting avg. Please select TWO of them
For similar stats including the ICC/Aus match and against all opponents including Zim & Bang click here.
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G Gambhir (India) 2004-2009 23 43 2 2235 206 54.51 4378 51.05 7 9 1 267 6
V Sehwag (India) 2002-2009 62 105 3 5368 319 52.62 6715 79.94 15 16 9 740 64
JL Langer (Aus) 2001-2007 59 106 9 4971 250 51.24 8438 58.91 16 17 6 645 25
ML Hayden (Aus) 2000-2009 89 162 13 7507 203 50.38 12552 59.80 26 26 10 924 66
GC Smith (SA) 2002-2009 63 113 8 5190 277 49.42 8647 60.02 14 22 8 675 12
HH Gibbs (SA) 2000-2008 52 93 4 4082 228 45.86 7778 52.48 10 18 8 588 33
MP Vaughan (Eng) 2002-2008 34 66 3 2857 197 45.34 5235 54.57 10 7 5 374 17
AJ Strauss (Eng) 2004-2009 62 115 5 4915 169 44.68 9912 49.58 17 16 8 610 8
MH Richardson (NZ) 2000-2004 31 56 2 2308 145 42.74 6345 36.37 3 16 1 290 4
AN Cook (Eng) 2006-2009 41 75 4 2931 160 41.28 6198 47.28 7 18 3 347 2
ME Trescothick (Eng) 2000-2006 70 135 9 5172 219 41.04 9713 53.24 11 27 12 749 33
CH Gayle (WI) 2000-2009 71 124 2 4694 317 38.47 8007 58.62 8 27 12 697 53
MS Atapattu (SL) 2000-2007 49 92 8 3187 207* 37.94 7708 41.34 9 13 12 391 2
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 2000-2007 53 94 5 3200 253 35.95 4986 64.17 6 14 5 437 23
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