10 most successful opening pairs for India in ODIs

#9. Ravi Shastri-Kris Srikkanth

One of the earliest opening pairs that India had, the duo of Srikkanth and Shastri was the epitome of destructive and aggressive style of batting during the late 1980's. At the time when batting at a strike rate of 60 was considered to be impressive in ODI cricket, both Shastri and Srikkanth constantly scored runs at a strike rate of over 70 and this was instrumental in a number of victories for the Indian team.

Starting the innings for India's Limited Overs side 32 times over the course of 9 years, the opening duo scored 1135 runs at an average of 35.46, which includes a then highest opening partnership of 188 runs. Apart from that record partnership, the duo shared 2 century plus stands along with 5 other 50+ stands.