OPENERS AND OPENING PARTNERSHIPS
On this day in 2019, John Campbell and Shai Hope of West Indies recorded the highest opening partnership in ODIs against Ireland in Dublin.
Who was Sunil Gavaskar’s opening partner in the first ever ODI for India?
India played its first ODI on 13 July 1974 at Headingley against England.
Farokh Engineer
Sudhir Naik
Eknath Solkar
Dilip Vengsarkar
Which pair held the record for the highest opening partnership prior to John Campbell and Shai Hope in ODIs?
Fakhar and Imam put on a 304 run opening stand against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo in 2018.
Liton Das-Tamim Iqbal (BAN)
Sanath Jayasuriya-Upul Tharanga (SL)
Travis Head-David Warner (AUS)
Fakhar Zaman-Imam-ul-Haq (PAK)
Who is the youngest to open for India in ODIs?
In 2004 Parthiv (18Y 317D) opened against Zimbabwe with Ganguly in the VB series in Australia.
Sachin Tendulkar
Vinod Kambli
Prithvi Shaw
Parthiv Patel
Which of these opening partners have the most 50+ opening stands in ODIs?
Gilchrist and Hayden have shared a 50+ partnership on 45 occasions, which is the most.
Sourav Ganguly-Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
Adam Gilchrist-Matthew Hayden (AUS)
Gordon Greenidge-Desmond Haynes (WI)
David Boon-Geoff Marsh (AUS)
Which of these players made his debut in the match Warner and Finch registered an unbeaten 258-run opening stand on their recent ODI tour of India in 2020?
Labuschagne was the last Australian to make his ODI debut. He didn’t get a chance to bat though.
Marnus Labuschagne
Ashton Turner
Jason Behrendorff
Michael Neser
At the age of 38 years and 329 days Sachin Tendulkar is the oldest to open in an ODI for India. Whose record did he surpass?
Gavaskar’s last ODI, also as an opener was against England in the 1987 World Cup semi-final at the age of 38Y 118D.
Farokh Engineer
Dilip Vengsarkar
Sunil Gavaskar
Anshuman Gaekwad
David Boon and Geoff Marsh were the first opening pair to post 200+ in ODIs. However, they lost the match because of a maiden century from an Indian batsman, who was it?
Srikkanth scored 102 in Jaipur in 1986 that handed Australia a defeat.
Ravi Shastri
Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Sunil Gavaskar
Mohammad Azharuddin
Mithali Raj and Reshma Gandhi were involved in a 258-run opening partnership against Ireland in 1999. What was unique about that match?
Mithali and Reshma both were on debut and both scored centuries.
Both of them made their ODI debuts
Only instance of both openers scoring a 100 for IND-W
Highest partnership ever for India Women
First ever 200+ run opening partnership
Which venue has hosted just one ODI, where Kapil Dev shared an opening partnership with Kris Srikkanth?
MacKay hosted an ODI during the 1992 World Cup between India and Sri Lanka where Kapil opened the batting.
MacKay (Australia)
Tunbridge Wells (England)
K.D.Singh 'Babu' Stadium (Lucknow)
Gandhi Sports Complex Ground (Amritsar)
Which of the following players has been involved in the most number of opening partnerships?
Jayasuriya has played in 445 ODIs and been involved in 383 opening partnerships.
Sachin Tendulkar
Sanath Jayasuriya
Chris Gayle
Adam Gilchrist
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