Top 5 Indian Test opening pairs of all time

#4 Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan (2013-present)

In their very first innings, Murali Vijay and Shikhar put on a massive stand of 289 in 2013

1,511 runs in 38 innings

Average – 40.84, 100 – 2 and 50 – 5

Highest – 289

Yet another pair of one partner calm with the other far more aggressive. Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan have formed a formidable combination for India at the top ever since Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir were shown the door for inconsistency in 2013. In their very first innings together, the left-right pair bashed a mountainous 289 against Australia at Mohali in 2013, which till date remains their highest.

Debutant Dhawan showed his intent from the first ball by coming out all guns blazing, whacking boundaries at will. He ended up with 187; and two years later, the pair thwarted Bangladesh at Fatullah with another partnership of 283, meaning that both their stands to have crossed a hundred eventually went on to balloon up massive scores.