5 most successful opening batsmen for India in ODIs

Shikhar Dhawan

Dhawan's career has been a roller coaster ride so far.

If a biopic is ever made on the international career of Shikhar Dhawan, it won't be a bad idea to title it 'The Curious Case of Shikhar Dhawan'. A star since his early days at the Under-19 level, Dhawan's international career has been full of ups and downs in all formats of the game. If there is one format that Dhawan has found some stability and consistency, it is the shorter format - the ODIs.

Opening in all the 97 ODI matches he has played for India so far, Gabbar, as he is fondly called, has scored 4124 runs at an impressive average of 45.32. The most interesting aspect of his ODI career so far has been his aggressive batting style, which is evident from his stunning strike rate of 92.84. Not only this, Dhawan has 12 scores of 100+, along with 24 scores of 50 or more.