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[Raghav1981]

India's search for a formidable pair of openers in Test cricket seems to have ended with Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. The duo have consistently performed well since India's series against South Africa. Find below the statistical details of India's top 10 opening stands in terms of averages in Test matches so far.

India's most successful opening pairs (Minimum 10 innings):
Partners Inns Runs HS Avg 100 50
G Gambhir & V Sehwag 29 1771 218 63.25 4 11
MH Mankad & P Roy 16 868 413 57.86 3 1
W Jaffer & KD Karthik 14 744 175* 57.23 3 2
CPS Chauhan & SM Gavaskar 59 3010 213 53.75 10 10
A Chopra & V Sehwag 19 897 164 47.21 4 2
NR Mongia & NS Sidhu 10 469 122 46.90 3 0
M Prabhakar & NS Sidhu 17 741 171 46.31 2 3
SB Bangar & V Sehwag 10 452 201 45.20 1 2
NJ Contractor & ML Jaisimha 14 582 121 44.76 1 3
SS Das & S Ramesh 19 836 123 44.00 2 6


India's most successful opening pairs (Minimum five innings):


Partners Inns Runs HS Avg 100 50
VM Merchant & S Mushtaq Ali 7 584 203 83.42 2 3
G Gambhir & V Sehwag 29 1771 218 63.25 4 11
MH Mankad & P Roy 16 868 413 57.86 3 1
W Jaffer & KD Karthik 14 744 175* 57.23 3 2
J Arun Lal & SM Gavaskar 6 332 156 55.33 2 0
CPS Chauhan & SM Gavaskar 59 3010 213 53.75 10 10
DJ Gandhi & S Ramesh 7 333 162 47.57 2 0
A Chopra & V Sehwag 19 897 164 47.21 4 2
NR Mongia & NS Sidhu 10 469 122 46.90 3 0
FM Engineer & AV Mankad 6 281 111 46.83 1 1

[Satya_love]

I agree to your statement.Recently we have noticed that Gambhir is in good nick along with Sehwag.Both of these belong to same place Delhi and also play as openers there, so they have a good common understanding.

From the presented stats its very clear that in the current arena no one is as successful as both of them.

[khassa]

i agree with the thread starter for an extent...but we can't forget the 80's openers...they were marvelous too.....but as the time progresses people use to forget the legends

[Raghav1981]

today once again Gambhir and sehwag proved by partnership of 231 against SL in kanpur they are the best openers in the current scenario .....