Batting order

Each batter at their most frequent position this season

PosBatterPositions batted (innings)InnsRunsSR
1Gautam GambhirMoved around1 (15), 3 (7), 2 (3), 4 (1)26108490.1
1Virat Kohli1 (3), 2 (2)515966.5
2Virender Sehwag2 (11), 1 (6)17879121.1
2Sachin Tendulkar2 (11)1142882.9
3Suresh RainaMoved around3 (9), 4 (4), 5 (3), 6 (1), 7 (1)1868094.8
4Yuvraj SinghMoved around4 (12), 5 (9), 3 (5)2688799.9
5Manoj Tiwary5 (1)1212.5
6Rohit SharmaMoved around6 (9), 4 (6), 5 (6), 3 (4), 7 (2)2746269.1
6MS DhoniMoved around6 (13), 5 (7), 4 (3), 7 (2)25106681.6
7Robin UthappaMoved around7 (4), 1 (3), 2 (1), 3 (1), 6 (1)1017965.1
7Yusuf PathanMoved around7 (3), 4 (2), 5 (1), 6 (1)796107.9
7Subramaniam Badrinath7 (2), 5 (1)33944.8
8Irfan PathanMoved around8 (6), 7 (4), 3 (2), 1 (1)1322372.4
8Harbhajan Singh8 (7), 9 (3)108282.8
9Praveen Kumar9 (6), 8 (1)72972.5
9Zaheer KhanMoved around9 (3), 10 (2), 8 (1)61926.0
9RP Singh9 (2), 10 (1)3842.1
10S SreesanthMoved around10 (2), 9 (1), 11 (1)4969.2
10Piyush Chawla10 (3)3888.9
10Pragyan Ojha10 (3)32749.1
11Ishant Sharma11 (4), 10 (2)61336.1
11Munaf Patel11 (5)52074.1

Quick answers

Who opened the batting for India in ODI 2008?

India most often opened with Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli in ODI 2008, with Suresh Raina at No. 3.

Who batted as India's finisher?

Rohit Sharma batted most often at No. 6 (27 innings, 462 runs).

How settled was the India top order?

Gautam Gambhir batted at No. 1 in 58% of their innings; Virat Kohli batted at No. 1 in 60% of their innings.