India batting order and playing 11, ODI 2006
India most often opened with Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir in ODI 2006, with Irfan Pathan at No. 3.
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Batting order
Each batter at their most frequent position this season
| Pos | Batter | Positions batted (innings) | Inns | Runs | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virender Sehwag | 1 (14), 2 (4), 4 (2), 3 (1) | 21 | 560 | 87.1 |
| 1 | Gautam Gambhir | 1 (4), 2 (1) | 5 | 115 | 76.7 |
| 1 | Robin Uthappa | 1 (3) | 3 | 98 | 79.7 |
| 1 | Wasim Jaffer | 1 (2) | 2 | 10 | 43.5 |
| 2 | Rahul DravidMoved around | 2 (7), 4 (7), 1 (5), 3 (5), 6 (1) | 25 | 749 | 69.4 |
| 2 | Sachin Tendulkar | 2 (15), 3 (1) | 16 | 628 | 77.1 |
| 3 | Irfan PathanMoved around | 3 (9), 7 (6), 8 (2), 5 (1), 6 (1) | 19 | 346 | 72.8 |
| 3 | Dinesh MongiaMoved around | 3 (1), 4 (1), 5 (1), 7 (1) | 4 | 123 | 56.4 |
| 3 | VVS Laxman | 3 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Yuvraj SinghMoved around | 4 (10), 5 (7), 3 (2) | 19 | 789 | 89.9 |
| 5 | Mohammad KaifMoved around | 5 (8), 3 (3), 4 (3), 6 (2), 7 (2) | 18 | 251 | 59.9 |
| 5 | Dinesh Karthik | 5 (2), 6 (1) | 3 | 42 | 55.3 |
| 6 | MS DhoniMoved around | 6 (7), 7 (7), 5 (4), 3 (2), 4 (2), 2 (1), 8 (1) | 24 | 793 | 92.3 |
| 6 | Suresh RainaMoved around | 6 (9), 7 (4), 5 (3), 3 (2), 4 (2) | 20 | 472 | 70.0 |
| 6 | Yalaka Venugopal Rao | 6 (3) | 3 | 82 | 62.1 |
| 8 | Harbhajan SinghMoved around | 8 (7), 9 (4), 10 (3) | 14 | 154 | 71.6 |
| 8 | Ajit AgarkarMoved around | 8 (7), 9 (4), 7 (1) | 12 | 78 | 51.3 |
| 8 | Ramesh PowarMoved around | 8 (2), 9 (2), 7 (1) | 5 | 73 | 60.8 |
| 9 | Zaheer Khan | 9 (3), 10 (2) | 5 | 35 | 79.5 |
| 10 | RP Singh | 10 (3), 9 (2) | 5 | 15 | 28.8 |
| 10 | Anil Kumble | 10 (2), 11 (1) | 3 | 3 | 15.0 |
| 10 | Murali Kartik | 10 (1) | 1 | 1 | 33.3 |
| 10 | VRV Singh | 10 (1) | 1 | 8 | 61.5 |
| 11 | S Sreesanth | 11 (6), 10 (1) | 7 | 6 | 27.3 |
| 11 | Munaf Patel | 11 (5), 10 (1) | 6 | 6 | 37.5 |
Quick answers
Who opened the batting for India in ODI 2006?
India most often opened with Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir in ODI 2006, with Irfan Pathan at No. 3.
Who batted as India's finisher?
MS Dhoni batted most often at No. 6 (24 innings, 793 runs).
How settled was the India top order?
Virender Sehwag batted at No. 1 in 67% of their innings; Gautam Gambhir batted at No. 1 in 80% of their innings.