Last Update on: February 27th, 2023 at 11:07 am
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma is perhaps nearing the end of his international career. The 2023 ODI World Cup at home will be his litmus Test both as a skipper and as an opener. He is yet to win a major ICC title for his side and the 50-over World Cup could be the make or break of his future. Before that he will lead in the WTC 2023 final later this year in June.
After struggling to score centuries much like Virat Kohli for a couple of years, He scored one each in Test and ODI cricket in 2023. He scored the ODI century against New Zealand and the test ton against Australia in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series.
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The Indian skipper is not playing T20IS since the T20 World Cup. He has himself admitted that he will take a call on his T20I future after IPL 2023. Like him, the T20I future looks bleak for a few other players like Kohli, KL Rahul, and Shikhar Dhawan.
The good thing about the current state of Indian cricket is that the next generation of cricketers is more than ready to play international cricket and playing regularly in the IPL for the last four to five years have made them accustomed to the pressure of international cricket.
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There are almost five to eight batters in the Indian cricket team who are ready to take over the mantle from Rohit Sharma as the next big Indian opener. In this article, we take a look at five such batters.
5 Better Openers Than Rohit Sharma Who Deserve A Place In Indian Cricket Team
Shubman Gill
The name that tops this list is Shubman Gill. 2022 was a big year for him in international cricket. He won the IPL title with Gujarat Titans to kick off the year and then had a good international season across formats. He scored over 600 runs in ODI cricket and also scored his maiden hundreds across formats. His Tet career began well and truly in 2021 when he scored nearly 500 runs in the calendar year. Gill is seen as India’s next all-format batsman and someone who can play at the top level for at least a decade.
