Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan (India)
Since the successful journey in the ICC Champions Trophy 2013, the Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan consistently serve as the opening partner in the limited-overs cricket. The experienced opening partner maintains their domination in every place, including in the big tournaments.
India’s second-best ODI opening partner Rohit-Dhawan has built up 4802 opening partnership runs in 107 innings (average 45.30). This left-right hand combination has already produced 16 times 100+ partnerships and 14 times 50+ partnerships as an ODI opening partner. Their highest opening partnership in ODI cricket was 210 runs.
Meanwhile, they are the most successful opening partner in overall T20I cricket history. After opening together in 52 T20I innings, they have set up 1743 runs partnership (average 33.51), including four 100+ partnerships and seven 50+ partnerships. Their highest T20I opening partnership was for 160 runs.