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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	6344	47.34
2	M L Hayden & A C Gilchrist	Australia	2001-2008	114	3	4827	43.49
3	C G Greenidge & D L Haynes	West Indies	1979-1991	102	3	4784	48.32
4	S R Tendulkar & V Sehwag	India	2002-2012	93	0	3745	40.27
5	M E Waugh & A C Gilchrist	Australia	1998-2002	93	0	3660	39.35
6	D C Boon & G R Marsh	Australia	1986-1992	88	0	3423	38.90
7	S T Jayasuriya & M S Atapattu	Sri Lanka	1997-2007	79	1	3229	41.40
8	H M Amla & Q de Kock	South Africa	2013-2019	86	2	3183	37.89
9	T M Dilshan & W U Tharanga	Sri Lanka	2009-2014	71	1	3159	45.13
10	S T Jayasuriya & R S Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka	1996-2004	105	1	3106	29.87
11	H H Gibbs & G C Smith	South Africa	2002-2009	74	1	2975	40.75
12	G Kirsten & H H Gibbs	South Africa	1996-2003	66	4	2806	45.26
13	Saeed Anwar & Aamir Sohail	Pakistan	1990-2000	73	0	2780	38.08
14	R G Sharma & S Dhawan	India	2013-2019	101	1	2750	27.50
15	S T Jayasuriya & W U Tharanga	Sri Lanka	2005-2009	52	0	1998	38.42
16	D A Warner & A J Finch	Australia	2014-2018	48	0	1931	40.23
17	Mohsin Khan & Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan	1981-1986	54	1	1766	33.32
18	B B McCullum & M J Guptill	New Zealand	2009-2016	47	2	1763	39.18
19	V Sehwag & G Gambhir	India	2003-2013	38	1	1763	47.65
20	G C Smith & H M Amla	South Africa	2008-2013	48	0	1758	36.63
21	Saeed Anwar & Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	1996-2003	63	0	1754	27.84
22	S Chanderpaul & C H Gayle	West Indies	2002-2007	43	1	1721	40.98
23	S C Ganguly & V Sehwag	India	2001-2007	43	0	1571	36.53
24	C H Gayle & W W Hinds	West Indies	2002-2006	41	0	1553	37.88
25	Tamim Iqbal & Imrul Kayes	Bangladesh	2008-2017	54	0	1525	28.24
26	S M Gavaskar & K Srikkanth	India	1981-1987	55	0	1516	27.56
27	A C Hudson & G Kirsten	South Africa	1993-1997	39	0	1511	38.74
28	I R Bell & A N Cook	England	2008-2014	38	2	1508	41.89
29	N V Knight & M E Trescothick	England	2001-2003	43	0	1469	34.16
30	B A Edgar & J G Wright	New Zealand	1978-1986	43	1	1433	34.12
31	T M Dilshan & M D K Perera	Sri Lanka	2013-2016	38	1	1378	37.24
32	A C Gilchrist & S M Katich	Australia	2004-2006	26	0	1374	52.85
33	M E Waugh & M A Taylor	Australia	1993-1997	30	0	1368	45.60
34	W T S Porterfield & P R Stirling	Ireland	2010-2019	68	0	1363	20.04
35	S T Jayasuriya & D A Gunawardene	Sri Lanka	1998-2004	44	1	1337	31.09
36	S R Tendulkar & A Jadeja	India	1994-1996	22	0	1315	59.77
37	H Masakadza & V Sibanda	Zimbabwe	2007-2014	38	0	1238	32.58
38	K C Wessels & A C Hudson	South Africa	1992-1994	35	0	1235	35.29
39	D L Haynes & B C Lara	West Indies	1992-1994	40	2	1206	31.74
40	A D Hales & J J Roy	England	2015-2018	40	1	1174	30.10
41	S Dhawan & A M Rahane	India	2014-2017	18	0	1153	64.06
42	Ramiz Raja & Aamir Sohail	Pakistan	1991-1995	37	0	1151	31.11
43	R J Shastri & K Srikkanth	India	1983-1992	32	0	1133	35.41
44	S P Fleming & N J Astle	New Zealand	2000-2007	40	0	1129	28.23
45	A Flower & G W Flower	Zimbabwe	1992-1998	33	0	1113	33.73
46	D P M Jayawardene & T M Dilshan	Sri Lanka	2010-2014	24	1	1111	48.30
47	B J Haddin & S R Watson	Australia	2009-2011	28	0	1091	38.96

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