India batting order and playing 11, ODI 2009
India most often opened with Virender Sehwag and Dinesh Karthik in ODI 2009, with Gautam Gambhir 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 (16), 2 (3) | 19 | 810 | 136.6 |
| 1 | Dinesh Karthik | 1 (6), 5 (2) | 8 | 223 | 76.6 |
| 2 | Sachin Tendulkar | 2 (20) | 20 | 972 | 94.0 |
| 3 | Gautam GambhirMoved around | 3 (12), 1 (5), 2 (5), 5 (1) | 23 | 848 | 92.6 |
| 3 | Rohit SharmaMoved around | 3 (2), 5 (2), 4 (1), 6 (1), 7 (1) | 7 | 102 | 65.8 |
| 3 | Rahul Dravid | 3 (4), 1 (1) | 5 | 180 | 68.7 |
| 4 | Yuvraj Singh | 4 (20), 5 (1) | 21 | 783 | 96.0 |
| 4 | Virat Kohli | 4 (5), 7 (2), 3 (1) | 8 | 325 | 84.4 |
| 5 | MS Dhoni | 5 (15), 3 (5), 6 (4) | 24 | 1198 | 85.6 |
| 5 | Abhishek Nayar | 5 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Suresh Raina | 6 (14), 3 (3), 5 (3), 4 (1) | 21 | 605 | 101.5 |
| 7 | Yusuf Pathan | 7 (8), 6 (3), 5 (2) | 13 | 151 | 93.8 |
| 7 | Ravindra JadejaMoved around | 7 (5), 8 (3), 6 (1) | 9 | 201 | 75.3 |
| 8 | Harbhajan Singh | 8 (9), 7 (2), 6 (1) | 12 | 138 | 99.3 |
| 8 | Zaheer Khan | 8 (1), 9 (1) | 2 | 22 | 66.7 |
| 9 | Praveen Kumar | 9 (7), 8 (1), 10 (1) | 9 | 147 | 93.6 |
| 9 | RP Singh | 9 (2), 10 (1) | 3 | 44 | 41.5 |
| 9 | Irfan Pathan | 9 (1) | 1 | 8 | 38.1 |
| 10 | Ashish Nehra | 10 (5), 11 (1) | 6 | 15 | 48.4 |
| 10 | Lakshmipathy Balaji | 10 (1) | 1 | 7 | 70.0 |
| 11 | Ishant Sharma | 11 (4), 10 (1) | 5 | 23 | 46.9 |
| 11 | Munaf Patel | 11 (2) | 2 | 2 | 40.0 |
Quick answers
Who opened the batting for India in ODI 2009?
India most often opened with Virender Sehwag and Dinesh Karthik in ODI 2009, with Gautam Gambhir at No. 3.
Who batted as India's finisher?
MS Dhoni batted most often at No. 5 (24 innings, 1198 runs).
How settled was the India top order?
Virender Sehwag batted at No. 1 in 84% of their innings; Dinesh Karthik batted at No. 1 in 75% of their innings.