Top 5 best openers in the history of T20 cricket

#2 Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)

Brendon McCullum retired from T20I in 2015.

Brash, brutal and brilliant to watch, Brendon McCullum can bruise bowling attacks like few others in international cricket. His aggressive attitude from the first ball, makes him an ideal T20 opener.

T20 cricket expects the openers to hit boundaries at every ball, and McCullum does exactly the same. He muscles balls over both sides of the field and was responsible for getting the IPL off to an electrifying start, lighting up the tournament's first match with 158 and showing what the format had to offer. He also became the second man, after Chris Gayle, to score a Twenty20 international century.

Mccullum is fifth on the list for most runs in T20I history. He has scored 2,140 runs in 71 matches at an average of 35.66. His strikes the ball at 136.21. His phenomenal T20I career consisted of two centuries and 13 half-centuries with a highest score of 123.