IND vs WI: Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma is seen leading his team from the front against the West Indies tour and after hitting a century in the first test, he played an important inning of 80 runs for the team in the first innings of the second test match. He shared a strong 139-run partnership with young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal for the first wicket to get the team off to a good start.
Though, Rohit Sharma was bowled on an average ball in this match and got out after coming close to a century. At the same time, during his innings, he became the first batsman to score 2000 runs for India in the World Test Championship. Apart from all this, Rohit Sharma is in first place in the list of batsmen (having scored a minimum of 2000 runs) with the best average in Indian Test cricket history on the basis of his excellent batsmanship.
Rohit’s average is better than Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag
Rohit Sharma has the best average as an opener for India in Test cricket. And he has so far scored an average of 53.55. The second number in this list is Sunil Gavaskar, the former veteran opener of Team India, who scored runs at an average of 50.29 as an opener. While Sehwag is third in this list who scored runs at an impressive average of 50.14. Gautam Gambhir is number four on this list, he averaged 42.49 for India as an opener in Tests. While Navjot Singh Sidhu scored runs with an average of 42.80.
Highest average in Tests by an Indian opener (with at least 2000 runs)
- 53.55- Rohit Sharma
- 50.29 – Sunil Gavaskar
- 50.14 – Virender Sehwag
- 42.90- Gautam Gambhir
- 42.80- Navjot Sidhu
Rohit Sharma’s performance as an opener in Test cricket
Talking about Test cricket, Rohit Sharma has scored 2035 runs in 40 innings in this format as an opener. In which 7 centuries are included, 5 half-centuries have also come out from his bat. His average is 53.55 while the best score is 212 runs.
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Rohit Sharma’s performance as an opener in Test cricket
Innings – 40
Runs – 2035
Average – 53.55
Century – 7
The fifties – 5
Highest Score – 212
