Not Faf Du Plessis And Virat Kohli! Sunil Gavaskar Names Best Opening Pair Of IPL 2024

not faf du plessis and virat kohli! sunil gavaskar names best opening pair of ipl 2024

The Indian Premier League will return for its 16th season in 2024 in just a few months time. All eyes will be on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as they aim for their first-ever league title in history. A major chunk of the team’s burdens will lie on their star opening pair of Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli, a pair who many consider to be the best among all the teams in IPL 2024. However, legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar has named Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as the best opening pair of IPL 2024.

In an interaction with Star Sports, Sunil Gavaskar said that CSK had an advantage ever since the inception of the IPL. They had great batters at the top who could attack the opposition bowlers right from the start, along with some great finishers as well.

“That’s been their advantage over the years. All these years, they have always had batters at the top who can take the attack to the opposition from the first ball itself and then they have got the finishers as well,” Gavaskar said.

Sunil Gavaskar said that the left-hand and right-hand opening combination of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway is the best opening pair of IPL as they always got good stars in the last season in 2023. Hence, they eased the pressure on the batters who came at no.4 and 5.

“I feel their left and right-handed opening combination of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway is probably the best opening pair in the IPL because they always gave good starts last year. So the pressure was slightly eased on the players who used to come at No. 4 and No. 5,” the legendary Indian batter added.

Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 775 runs in 16 matches, and was the second most successful opening pair in IPL 2023 after Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli.