5 Indian middle order batsmen who became superb openers

2. Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly

The one half of India’s most successful opening partnership in ODIs. Ganguly also started off as someone who batted in the lower middle order, and struggled to come to terms with that position. However, after his Test debut in 1996, and the subsequent comeback in ODIs, the team management decided that Ganguly had to bat at the top of the order.

Along with Tendulkar, Ganguly formed a formidable partnership, that has won India many an ODI. Both of them hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,362 runs in 129 matches that includes 20 century partnerships and 22 fifty run partnerships. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair is also a world record.