Stats: Sehwag, Gambhir India's best openers so far
Posted on Oct 20, 2008 at 11:01 | Updated Oct 20, 2008 at 12:24
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New Delhi: 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 |
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