5 greatest Indian openers of all-time in ODIs

#4 Shikhar Dhawan

Dhawan is in rich vein of form in the ODI format

Albeit the opener has been struggling off late in red-ball cricket, Shikhar Dhawan is in a rich vein of form when it comes to ODI format. He is scoring heftily for India in every tournament in the shorter format and is causing a lot of trouble for the opposition bowlers.

Dhawan did not have the kind of start he would have wanted to his ODI career as he got dismissed for a duck in his debut game. However, he scored heavily in the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 and was even awarded the Man of the Series. He then cemented his spot as an opener in the team and has played some very valuable knocks with Rohit Sharma.

He is currently the fastest Indian to reach 1000, 2000 and 3000 ODI runs. Dhawan has played in 110 matches so far and has scored 4823 runs at a very good average of 46.83.