Test openers under Sourav Ganguly before the Sehwag -Gambhir era 

#3 Sanjay Bangar

Bangar is now the batting coach of India

Coming into the Indian team after a string of good batting and bowling performances for Railways, Bangar, who played for Maharashtra and Mumbai during his early years, was promoted to open against the West Indies in 2002. The particular series had quite a few opening combinations.

He could not achieve much opening the batting - but his 68 against England at Headingley in 2002 was a notable contribution which laid the foundation for Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly to crack centuries and bat England virtually out of the match.

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#4 Deep Das Gupta

Dasgupta could not make a mark

The wicketkeeper batsman (out of several others) donned the role of opening batsman for a few Tests. His gutsy efforts against opponents like South Africa and West Indies were praiseworthy and he also scored a century against England in 2001.

He too was out of the team soon as India's search for wicket-keepers and openers continued.