5 Best Asian opening batsmen

#4. Saeed Anwar

Born and brought up in Karachi, Saeed Anwar is one of the greatest openers the Pakistan team has ever produced. Saeed Anwar who mostly opened with Aamir Sohail tried to stay at the crease for the maximum time he can and guide the team across the line. While Pakistan had the Bowling attack that could win matches at ease, they lacked a batsman who can drive the innings for them which was fulfilled by Saeed Anwar.

The left-handed batsman opened the innings for Pakistan in 220 innings and scored a whopping 8156 runs in 220 matches with an average of 39.98. Anwar has 12 centuries to his name. Saeed Anwar’s knock of 194 was the highest ODI score since 1997 until Sachin broke the record in 2010.