Top 10 Test openers with highest strike rates

Openers play a vital role in the team’s progress in a Test match. As Ian Chappell once asserted, a good and attacking opener sets the tone for things to come. Top cricketing teams in the world have had such openers who can take the game away from their opposition. The playing surface, quality of opposition, the status of the bowler or the match situation is of little consequence to such opening batsmen who love playing their natural game. Here’s a look at these attacking openers with highest strike rates who have scored minimum 1000 Test runs.

10. Shikhar Dhawan:

The southpaw has played 33 innings as a Test opener and scored 1308 runs striking at 60.86. His highest is 187 and he averages 40.87. Dhawan has made 2 fifties and 4 tons opening the innings. He has also registered 4 ducks in Test cricket. He made his Test debut in 2013.