5 cricketers who opened both batting and bowling consistently

1.Manoj Prabhakar

Besides opening the bowling, Manoj Prabhakar used to open the batting as well

A typical swing-bowler, Prabhakar used to be quite handy with the new ball as he used to pick up early wickets. A decent lower-order batter was turned into a defensive opener for the team’s causes and he did a decent job.

He played 39 Tests and 130 ODIs for India and picked up 96 and 157 wickets respectively. Prabhakar has a decent batting record as well- batting in the opening position, he averaged 35.48 in Tests and 34.02 in ODIs which is higher than his career averages.

Prabhakar’s effort yielded benefits as India won quite a lot of Tests and ODIs using that team composition.