7 Star batters to play as tailenders in international cricket

7 Star batters to play as tailenders in international cricket

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Rohit Sharma came out to bat at number nine against Bangladesh due to injury and scored 51 runs.

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Steve Smith started his career as a bowler and had to bat at 8th and 9th position in 2010 in Tests.

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Brian Lara came out to bat at number eight only once back in 2003 scoring only 14 runs.

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Sanath Jayasuriya batted at number eight twice in his ODI career scoring only four runs.

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MS Dhoni batted at eight in 11 innings in Tests and even in ODIs, he was sent lower down the order three times.

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Shoaib Malik batted at number 10 in 1999 in ODIs scoring only 15 runs in three matches.

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Ben Stokes is one of the very few batters to have batted at every position. He even came out to bat at number 11 once in Tests.

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