Top 5 left-handed opening Test batsmen of all time

Alastair Cook

Sachin Tendulkar played a record 200 Test matches and amassed over 15,000 runs in five-day cricket. It was believed that it would be impossible for a batsman to surpass Tendulkar's Test records, but Alastair Cook seems to be a serious threat.

In 148 Test matches, the left-handed opening batsman has accumulated 11638 runs at an average of 46.00. The 32-year-old is the all-time leading run-scorer for England in Tests and has the most centuries (31) to his name.

Cook passed the test of endurance as he scored 243 in the 2017 Day-Night Test (the first Pink Ball Test hosted by England) against the West Indies at Edgbaston.

Owing to his fourth double century in Tests, Cook, with the sixth most number of double centuries in Tests as an opener, joined the elite list led by Virender Sehwag and Marvan Atapattu with six each.