ICC World Cup 2019: 5 Openers who are key to their team's success

Rohit Sharma (India)

Rohit Sharma is undoubtedly the best opening batsmen in white ball cricket today and he has the statistics to back it up. He is easily the most attractive batsmen who is adept against pace and spin alike. When he gets going, he goes ballistic and rakes up those big centuries with consummate ease. Rohit has seven 150+ scores which includes three double hundreds which is a testimony to his ability to bat deep into an innings.

Sharma has been in outstanding form in the last couple of years scoring hundreds in every ODI series both home and away, a sequence which started at the Champions Trophy in 2017 and ended against the Kiwis in 2019 where he scored a couple of attractive fifties.

Sharma has forged a strong partnership with Shikhar Dhawan and the duo have dominated all bowling attacks and feature fourth in the list of all-time opening partnerships in the history of ODIs. If the Mumbai Indians captain gets on a roll in the World Cup, he will annihilate many teams on his own. If India has to go all the way in England, the onus will be on Sharma to provide flying starts.