Monday, June 15, 2026

Has any cricketer opened both bowling and batting for India?

 Their are the many players was playing for India cricket team.

Let start a list of some players which is the two role in matches.

1.Manoj prabhakar :Prabhakar sir opened the batting and bowling in the same match in as many as 45 ODIs and he was reasonably successful in that role.

2.Kapil Dev : it was the only one matches playing to the both role In matches.

In the 1992 World Cup, Kapil sir opened the innings with Kris Srikkanth against Zimbabwe. Kapil hit a mighty six but was dismissed for just 10 runs. it was the only matches when kapil sir was playing as a opening Batman or opening bowler.

3. Virender Sehwag : .it was the only one matches playing to the both role in matches

in the 2005, India vs Australia. In this matches sehwag was out for a first ball as a duck.

This was the first and last instance when Sehwag opened the bowling and batting in the same match for Team India in ODIs.

4. irfan pathan :it was the only one matches playing to the both role in matches.

In a game played at Kolkata in 2005, the Baroda all-rounder even opened the innings. Unfortunately however, the experiment failed as Pathan failed to open his account.

He also failed to take early wickets with the ball as India lost the game by 10 wickets.

5.Roger Binny :it was the only one matches playing to the both role in matches.

Roger Binny was mostly known for his swing bowling.

However, very few people know that Binny opened the batting in two ODIs. Both these games were against hosts Australia in the Benson and Hedges World Series 1980-81.

While in the first match Binny scored 31 runs, in the second he managed 21. The great Sunil Gavaskar was Binny's opening partner in both the matches.

India lost both the games and Binny, who was instrumental in the World Cup triumph in 1983, never got a chance to open the innings again.