Rohit Sharma to Sanju Samson: India's best-performing openers in T20Is since 2022 ahead of England series
Team India are scheduled to play a five-match T20I series against England from January 22 to February 2. Here are India's best-performing openers in the shortest format of the game since 2022.
Rohit Sharma
Former India T20I captain Rohit Sharma tops the tally. He played 39 T20I matches since 2022 scoring 1027 runs with a strike rate of 144.8.
Ishan Kishan
India's destructive wicketkeeper batter Ishan Kishan also comes in the tally scoring 573 runs in 24 T20Is since 2022. He has a strike rate of 119.4.
Yashasvi Jaiswal
India's young batter Yashasvi Jaiswal is one of the most promising youngsters in the squad. He played 22 T20Is since 2022 where he scored 723 runs with a strike rate of 164.3.
Shubman Gill
Shubman Gill who played 21 T20Is since 2022 also comes in the tally scoring 578 runs with a strike rate of 139.3.
KL Rahul
India's veteran wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul also comes on the list. He played 16 T20Is where he scored 434 runs with a strike rate of 126.5.
Ruturaj Gaikwad
India's Asian Games gold medallist captain Ruturaj Gaikwad also comes on the list. He played 15 matches scoring 465 runs with a strike rate of 141.3.
Sanju Samson
Sanju Samson who was recently promoted as an opener also comes in the list with 461 runs in 10 matches. In 2024, Sanju Samson scored 436 T20I runs at a strike rate of 180.16, which included 3 hundred. Samson hit 31 sixes in the year, which is most for India.
