The record for scoring the most runs in partnership in ODI cricket is held by the Indian pair of SouravGanguly and Sachin Tendulkar. 8227 Tendulkar - Ganguly The pair of Ganguly and Tendulkar batted as opening partners for a long time and when Ganguly dropped himself down to number 3 and Sachin continued to open the batting, the two had many memorable partnerships as well. Between 1992 and 2007, Sachin Tendulkar and SouravGanguly batted together in 176 ODI innings, scoring 8227 runs at an average of 47.5. This included 26 100+ partnerships and 29 half-century partnerships, with the biggest partnership of 258. 5992 Sangakkara - Jayawardene For a long time, the batting of the Sri Lankan cricket team was synonymous with the names of MahelaJayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara. The two batted together in ODI cricket for Sri Lanka between 2000 and 2015. From 151 ODI innings, the duo scored 5992 runs at an average of 41.61, with the best of 179. They put together 15 100+ partnerships and 32 50+ partnerships. 5475 Dilshan - Sangakkara During this period, TilakratneDilshan also had a major role to play at the top of the order. He and Sangakkara added 5475 runs together from 108 ODI innings, scoring runs at an average of 53.67. Their best performance was a partnership of 210 not out. Dilshan and Sangakkara combined for 20 century partnerships and 19 half century partnerships between them. 5462 Jayasuriya - Atapattu MarvanAtapattu and SanathJayasuriya were a very successful opening pair for Sri Lanka. They batted together in ODI cricket between 1996 and 2007 and scored 5462 runs from 144 innings. The best that the pair put together was 237 as they scored their runs at an average of a shade under 40, including 14 100+ partnerships and 26 50+ partnerships. 5409 Gilchrist - Hayden Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist batted together in 117 ODI innings between 2000 and 2008. The two added 5409 runs at an average of 47.4 with the help of 16 hundred partnerships and 29 half centuries. The best partnership between the two in ODI cricket stands at 172. 5206 Greenidge - Haynes Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes batted together in ODI cricket between 1979 and 1991. From 13 innings, they scored 5206 runs at an average of 52.58, including 15 century partnerships and 25 half century partnerships. Rohit Sharma and ShikharDhawan became the latest ODI pair to cross 5000 partnership runs.
