5 Indian players who have opened the batting and the bowling in the same ODI

#1 Kapil Dev (1 ODI)

Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev is unarguably the best all-rounder India has ever produced. He had the ability to win matches single-handedly with the bat as well as with the ball.

Even though bowling was his strongest suit, Kapil also played some dazzling innings with the bat in the lower-order. The Haryana Hurricane batted at number 7 for a large part of his ODI career, but there were times when he played in the top-order.

At the fag end of his career, in the 1992 World Cup, Kapil opened the innings with Kris Srikkanth against Zimbabwe. Kapil hit a mighty six but was dismissed for just 10 runs.

Incidentally, Sachin Tendulkar was also part of that playing XI. Batting at number 4, Tendulkar scored a match-winning 81.

On the bowling front Kapil fared much better as he bowled a tight spell of 4 overs with the new ball, giving away just 6 runs. India won the rain-curtailed game by 55 runs.