Rohit Sharma cracked the opening !!!

Since his international path followed a slightly different trajectory from the norm - that is, he got a Test cap only after establishing himself in white-ball cricket - two hundreds in his first two Tests ought to have kick-started an equally promising Test career. 

It worked. So why wasn't it tried earlier? Also, more importantly, how is a batter who is considered somewhat loose suited to opening the innings in Test cricket?

Of course, his litmus test as an opener is ahead of him - in India's five Tests in England and three in South Africa, but let's look at the question about why he wasn't tried as an opener earlier.

Sharma's style of batting is really attractive and effective but it's also likely to give you the impression it is a little loose. His feet don't move much and he has been guilty of reaching out to balls with his hands but not moving his feet enough.