5 great T20 opening partnerships that don't fade away

5) Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir (India)

Sehwag and Gambhir were excellent for India

No list is complete without the Jai-Veeru of Indian cricket. Between 2007 and 2012, the dashing duo from Delhi opened for India in 17 T20Is, notching up nearly 550 runs at a mouth-watering average of over 50.

The most extraordinary bit about the partnership had been in the way the two understood each other’s game, complementing each other on most occasions, stealing singles when there weren’t any and keeping each other’s morale up while in the middle.

It was during the must-win encounter against England during the inaugural World T20 that the Gambhir-Sehwag partnership showed its true class. On a good batting deck, the two put on 136 runs for the first wicket setting the launchpad for the likes of Yuvraj Singh who stole the show with his six sixes as India won by 18 runs.