Ranking the top 10 Test openers in the world currently

#3 Aiden Markram (South Africa)

Markram has scored over 1000 runs in his 12 Tests

Markram is the youngest player on this list, but he certainly looks like he has a massive future in the game. He has only played 12 Test matches in his short career so far but has shown all his talent and temperament, scoring an impressive hundred against Australia, and falling agonisingly short against India, where he really deserved to get to three figures. He is still only 23 though, so will have time to make up for that near miss.

The South African has taken to Test cricket like a duck to water and has been in excellent touch so far in his short career. He looks very confident at the crease, and he looks to keep the game simple, and that is partly down to why he has been so successful. He has made an impressive 1040 runs in his first 12 Tests, at an average of just over 47. He already has four Test centuries to his name, a number that will surely grow in the coming years.