Sunil Gavaskar and Krishnamachari Srikkanth also opened in the successful 1983 World Cup campaign

1,469 runs in 34 innings

Average – 43.21, 100s – 3 and 50s – 9

Highest – 200

Sunil Gavaskar, the first man to score 10,000 Test runs, and Krishnamachari Srikkanth, the attacking opener of yesteryears, formed one of the most potent opening pairs during their days. In the 34 innings that they opened together, they strung three century partnerships and nine half-century stands.

Having hit as many as 1,469 runs together, their highest while batting together was exactly 200, having opened for India for six years from 1981 onwards, including the 1983 World Cup, where the then underdogs India knocked over the giants West Indies in the final.