Who have been India's best openers?
If the question is asked who have been India's best openers, then most indians will name Sachin-Sehwag, but when the same question was asked to former captain sourav ganguly, he gave a different answer. sourav ganguly, sachin tendulkar and virender sehwag used to be the backbone of Team india in their era. His batting was discussed all over the world and the opposing bowlers used to fear to throw the ball in front of him. All three being together in the team meant beating the opposing bowlers fiercely.
Right-handed batsman sourav ganguly has played many memorable innings for india and won many matches on his own. Ganguly was in his best form till the late 1990s and 2000s.
He also started the innings and also batted in the middle order on many occasions. During his career, Ganguly made many excellent starts with Tendulkar and later started opening the innings with Sehwag. Several years after his retirement from international cricket, Ganguly has revealed who, between Sachin and Sehwag, he enjoyed batting with the most. The former captain of the indian team told that he used to enjoy batting with the greatest batsman of the world, Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin and sourav ganguly made the record for the most successful opening partnership in ODI cricket.
According to Ganguly, he enjoyed opening with Sachin more than Sehwag because the "god of cricket" made him a better player. When asked with whom he enjoyed opening the innings, he told "Sachin was the smartest and Sehwag was crazy. He really made me a better player too. Sachin really inspired me to improve my game." sachin tendulkar and sourav ganguly shared a 258-run partnership for the first wicket against kenya in 2001.
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