Gambhir, Sehwag second most successful opening pair
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With their latest 100-run stand against Australia at Mohali, the explosive duo of Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag have moved to number two in the list of most successful Indian openers. However they top the list in terms of average.
| Pair | Runs | Tests | Inns | No | HS | Ave | 100/50 | 90s | 0s |
| Chauhan & Gavaskar | 3010 | 36 | 59 | 3 | 213 | 53.75 | 10/10 | 2 | 3 |
| Gambhir & Sehwag | 1771 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 218 | 65.59 | 3/10 | 2 | 1 |
| Gaekwad & Gavaskar | 1722 | 29 | 49 | 1 | 176* | 35.88 | 4/9 | 0 | 5 |
| Gavaskar & Srikkanth | 1469 | 23 | 34 | 0 | 200 | 43.21 | 3/9 | 1 | 1 |
| Jaffer & Sehwag | 1031 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 213 | 36.82 | 3/4 | 0 | 1 |