Before Indian captain Rohit Sharma, it was Sachin Tendulkar who played as an opener for India in ODIs. Sachin Tendulkar has played mostly as an opener in his ODI career. in this article, we will find out who was India’s best ODI opener between Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma with a stats comparison.
Sachin Tendulkar vs Rohit Sharma In ODI
- Matches – as an opener, Sachin Tendulkar has played more matches than Rohit. Sachin played 346 ODI matches and in comparison, of that, Rohit has played only 158 so far.
- Runs – as an opener, Sachin is way ahead of Rohit in runs. Sachin made 15335 runs while Rohit made only 7807 runs so far.
- Average – Average is a fair stat in this comparison because Rohit has played almost 200 fewer matches than Sachin. Interestingly Rohit has a better ODI average as an opener than Sachin. Rohit averages 53.12 while Sachin averages 48.07.
- Strike Rate – Strike rate is now an important stat in ODIs. Rohit Sharma is a more aggressive batsman than Sachin Tendulkar. He likes to play fast and that is why his strike rate is 93.12 while Sachin’s strike rate in Odis was 88.08 which is also not bad.
- Highest score – when it comes to daddy hundreds, Rohit Sharma has 3 double hundreds in ODIs but Sachin was the first player to score 200 runs in an ODI. Rohit’s highest score in Odis is 264 while Sachin’s is 200*.
- Half centuries – Sachin has scored 40 more half-centuries in ODIs as an opener than Rohit. Sachin has 75 half-centuries while Rohit has 35 half-centuries.
- Centuries – Sachin Tendulkar has 45 ODI hundreds as an opener while Rohit has only 28 so far.
