Rank the current openers in Test cricket

[Majestic]

David Warner

Dean Elgar

Tom Latham

Rohit Sharma

Usman Khawaja

KL Rahul

Dimuth Karunaratne

Any other 

 

Minimum sample - 2000 test runs

 

Edited December 26, 2022 by Majestic

[vvvslaxman]

Khawaja has been pretty good in different conditions.

[Majestic]

5 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Khawaja has been pretty good in different conditions.

Added.

[Vijy]

51 minutes ago, Majestic said:

David Warner

Dean Elgar

Tom Latham

Rohit Sharma

Usman Khawaja

KL Rahul

Dimuth Karunaratne

Any other 

 

Minimum sample - 2000 test runs

 

warner is spent force. not much better than kela. I am not talking about his entire career here.

 

of this bunch, best 3 are: 1. khawaja, 2. tom latham & rohit sharma, 3. karunaratne

[Vijy]

44 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Added.

brathwaite has done well in last couple of years too

[speedracer]

1 hour ago, Vijy said:

warner is spent force. not much better than kela. I am not talking about his entire career here.

 

of this bunch, best 3 are: 1. khawaja, 2. tom latham & rohit sharma, 3. karunaratne

Not fatso anymore.

[Vijy]

18 minutes ago, speedracer said:

Not fatso anymore.

he did ok last year, which still counts as quite recent. hard to estimate how he would do right now though

[Majestic]

1 hour ago, Vijy said:

warner is spent force. not much better than kela. I am not talking about his entire career here.

 

of this bunch, best 3 are: 1. khawaja, 2. tom latham & rohit sharma, 3. karunaratne

What about Elgar?

[Vijy]

10 hours ago, Majestic said:

What about Elgar?

elgar is no. 4 for me.

[The Realist]

Pujara record as emergency opener? 

[Vijy]

warner seems to be questioning my list. but his real test is ind in ind, eng in eng, and ban in ban

[Majestic]

8 hours ago, Vijy said:

warner seems to be questioning my list. but his real test is ind in ind, eng in eng, and ban in ban

His record is poor everywhere except Aus and SA.

[Majestic]

On 12/26/2022 at 8:45 AM, Majestic said:

David Warner

Dean Elgar

Tom Latham

Rohit Sharma

Usman Khawaja

KL Rahul

Dimuth Karunaratne

Any other 

 

Minimum sample - 2000 test runs

 

 

Warner probably the best and KL the worst among the mentioned players.

[Vijy]

29 minutes ago, Majestic said:

 

Warner probably the best and KL the worst among the mentioned players.

maybe over his career, not in recent times. in the past 2-3 years, it is the following order IMO (not just going by stats):

 

On 12/25/2022 at 11:07 PM, Vijy said:

warner is spent force. not much better than kela. I am not talking about his entire career here.

 

of this bunch, best 3 are: 1. khawaja, 2. tom latham & rohit sharma, 3. karunaratne