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One Day Internationals - Match Records and Statistics - Partnerships and Opening Batsmen

Opening Pairs with Partnership Aggregate of 1000 Runs or more

	1st Player 2nd Player	Country	Career	Inns	NO	Runs	Avg
1	S R Tendulkar & S C Ganguly	India	1996-2007	136	2	6609	49.32
2	M L Hayden & A C Gilchrist	Australia	2001-2008	114	3	5310	47.84
3	C G Greenidge & D L Haynes	West Indies	1979-1991	102	3	5212	52.65
4	R G Sharma & S Dhawan	India	2013-2020	107	1	4802	45.30
5	H M Amla & Q de Kock	South Africa	2013-2019	93	2	4206	46.22
6	S R Tendulkar & V Sehwag	India	2002-2012	93	0	3919	42.14
7	M E Waugh & A C Gilchrist	Australia	1998-2002	93	0	3853	41.43
8	D C Boon & G R Marsh	Australia	1986-1992	88	0	3523	40.03
9	S T Jayasuriya & M S Atapattu	Sri Lanka	1997-2007	79	1	3412	43.74
10	S T Jayasuriya & R S Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka	1996-2004	105	1	3230	31.06
11	T M Dilshan & W U Tharanga	Sri Lanka	2009-2014	71	1	3159	45.13
12	H H Gibbs & G C Smith	South Africa	2002-2009	74	1	3007	41.19
13	D A Warner & A J Finch	Australia	2014-2020	61	1	3003	50.05
14	Saeed Anwar & Aamir Sohail	Pakistan	1990-2000	73	0	2856	39.12
15	G Kirsten & H H Gibbs	South Africa	1996-2003	66	4	2821	45.50
16	J M Bairstow & J J Roy	England	2017-2020	35	0	2363	67.51
17	W T S Porterfield & P R Stirling	Ireland	2010-2019	70	0	2212	31.60
18	Saeed Anwar & Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	1996-2003	63	0	2056	32.63
19	S T Jayasuriya & W U Tharanga	Sri Lanka	2005-2009	52	0	2021	38.87
20	G C Smith & H M Amla	South Africa	2008-2013	48	0	1958	40.79
21	B B McCullum & M J Guptill	New Zealand	2009-2016	47	2	1904	42.31
22	V Sehwag & G Gambhir	India	2003-2013	38	1	1870	50.54
23	S Chanderpaul & C H Gayle	West Indies	2002-2007	43	1	1842	43.86
24	Mohsin Khan & Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan	1981-1986	54	1	1783	33.64
25	Fakhar Zaman & Imam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	2017-2019	33	0	1724	52.24
26	S C Ganguly & V Sehwag	India	2001-2007	43	0	1714	39.86
27	C H Gayle & W W Hinds	West Indies	2002-2006	41	0	1687	41.15
28	S M Gavaskar & K Srikkanth	India	1981-1987	55	0	1680	30.55
29	Tamim Iqbal & Imrul Kayes	Bangladesh	2008-2017	54	0	1674	31.00
30	I R Bell & A N Cook	England	2008-2014	38	2	1580	43.89
31	N V Knight & M E Trescothick	England	2001-2003	43	0	1567	36.44
32	B A Edgar & J G Wright	New Zealand	1978-1986	43	1	1520	36.19
33	A C Hudson & G Kirsten	South Africa	1993-1997	39	0	1511	38.74
34	Tamim Iqbal & Soumya Sarkar	Bangladesh	2015-2019	35	0	1440	41.14
35	T M Dilshan & M D K Perera	Sri Lanka	2013-2016	38	1	1417	38.30
36	A C Gilchrist & S M Katich	Australia	2004-2006	26	0	1417	54.50
37	S T Jayasuriya & D A Gunawardene	Sri Lanka	1998-2004	44	1	1374	31.95
38	A Flower & G W Flower	Zimbabwe	1992-1998	33	0	1371	41.55
39	M E Waugh & M A Taylor	Australia	1993-1997	30	0	1368	45.60
40	D L Haynes & B C Lara	West Indies	1992-1994	40	2	1366	35.95
41	S R Tendulkar & A Jadeja	India	1994-1996	22	0	1315	59.77
42	B J Haddin & S R Watson	Australia	2009-2011	28	0	1282	45.79
43	K C Wessels & A C Hudson	South Africa	1992-1994	35	0	1279	36.54
44	A D Hales & J J Roy	England	2015-2018	40	1	1269	32.54
45	H Masakadza & V Sibanda	Zimbabwe	2007-2014	38	0	1253	32.97
46	Ramiz Raja & Aamir Sohail	Pakistan	1991-1995	37	0	1197	32.35
47	G C Smith & A B de Villiers	South Africa	2005-2008	25	1	1167	48.63
48	S Dhawan & A M Rahane	India	2014-2017	18	0	1153	64.06
49	S P Fleming & N J Astle	New Zealand	2000-2007	40	0	1151	28.77
50	R J Shastri & K Srikkanth	India	1983-1992	32	0	1135	35.47
51	D P M Jayawardene & T M Dilshan	Sri Lanka	2010-2014	24	1	1126	48.96
52	B B McCullum & J D Ryder	New Zealand	2008-2010	22	1	1069	50.90
53	K J Coetzer & M H Cross	Scotland	2016-2019	25	0	1030	41.20
54	Kamran Akmal & Salman Butt	Pakistan	2005-2010	29	0	1000	34.48

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