Batting order

Each batter at their most frequent position this season

PosBatterPositions batted (innings)InnsRunsSR
1Virender Sehwag1 (13), 2 (5), 3 (2)2054784.4
2Sachin Tendulkar2 (13), 1 (3), 3 (1), 4 (1)18100688.6
2Gautam Gambhir2 (1)11133.3
3Sourav GangulyMoved around3 (10), 1 (4), 2 (1), 4 (1), 5 (1)1753074.8
3VVS Laxman3 (4), 1 (1), 6 (1)619268.8
4Mohammad KaifMoved around4 (8), 7 (5), 6 (4), 3 (1), 5 (1)1929558.3
5Rahul DravidMoved around5 (9), 4 (6), 6 (2), 2 (1)1851963.8
6Yuvraj SinghMoved around6 (9), 5 (8), 4 (3)2045571.3
6Hemang Badani6 (1)14191.1
7Dinesh MongiaMoved around7 (4), 3 (3), 4 (2)913455.8
7Parthiv Patel7 (1), 8 (1)22946.8
7Sairaj Bahutule7 (1)11184.6
7Sanjay Bangar7 (1)1111.1
8Harbhajan SinghMoved around8 (5), 9 (3), 10 (1)96993.2
8Ajit Agarkar8 (3), 5 (1), 7 (1)53788.1
8Anil Kumble8 (3), 9 (1), 10 (1)55440.0
9Zaheer Khan9 (7), 10 (3), 11 (1)1110480.0
10Javagal Srinath10 (5), 11 (2)72837.3
11Ashish Nehra11 (3)31050.0
11Murali Kartik11 (1)1150.0

Quick answers

Who opened the batting for India in ODI 2003?

India most often opened with Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar in ODI 2003, with Sourav Ganguly at No. 3.

Who batted as India's finisher?

Yuvraj Singh batted most often at No. 6 (20 innings, 455 runs).

How settled was the India top order?

Virender Sehwag batted at No. 1 in 65% of their innings; Sachin Tendulkar batted at No. 2 in 72% of their innings.