- Sourav Ganguly – 228 innings:
Heading this esteemed list for so many years was none other than the Prince of Kolkata, Sourav Ganguly. India as an ODI side began its ascendency the day Sourav Ganguly was promoted to the opening slot. With Tendulkar, Ganguly formed the greatest ever partnership in this format’s history as the duo became synonym with India’s victories. On a personal front, Ganguly was always as terrific an opener could get and at times, even managed to get past Tendulkar in terms of runs scored in a year. He brought up the milestone against Australia in Melbourne in January 2004.