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#2 Sachin Tendulkar
When you think of the greatest ODI openers of all time, the name Sachin Tendulkar instantly springs to mind. Probably the greatest of all time, and a legend who changed Indian cricket forever, Tendulkar was the reason why many people fell in love with cricket in the first place.
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His brilliant knock of 134 against Australia in Sharjah in 1998 and his 98 against Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup are two innings that stand out till date.
He played for 24 years and broke almost all records by the time he retired. His ODI best of 200, which was also his inaugural double-hundred in limited overs cricket, came against South Africa in 2010.
He retired with 18,426 runs at an average of 44.83 and 49 centuries in his kitty. He was truly special!
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