The role of opener batsmen in ODI cricket has always been important. When the opener batsmen perform well and make big partnerships, then the chances of the team's victory increase manifold. There were many such pairs in ODI cricket from India, who made a lot of partnerships and scored runs. Today we are telling you about the highest run-sharing pairs for India as an opener in ODI cricket.

Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar

In this list, the pair of Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar comes at number one. Both opened for India in ODI cricket for a long time and together they made 6609 as openers in ODIs.

Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan

In this list, the pair of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan comes at number two. Both these opener batsmen have so far played a partnership of more than 5000 runs for the Indian team as an opener in ODI cricket.

Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar

In this list, the pair of Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar comes at number three. Together these two batsmen played a partnership of 3919 runs in ODIs for India during their careers.