3. CG Greenidge, DL Haynes (West Indies):
Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes opened the innings for West Indies in an era when they dominated the world cricket, by winning successive ODI World Cups. They are often considered to be the best opening pair in the world cricket and their stats support the argument. They served as openers for the country for 12 long years. They have the best average among top 10 best opening pairs with amazing 52.55 amassing 5150 runs from 102 innings which included 18 Century and 24 Half-Century partnerships with a best of 192*.
