Deadlier than the average: Top 10 Indian batting duos in Tests

Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly,

India's batting pair of Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara have built quite a healthy average as a duo in Test cricket.

Here's a look at the ten finest Indian batting pairs in Test cricket in terms of average over the years with a minimum runs of 1500.

1) Virender Sehwag-Sachin Tendulkar

Innings: 23
NO: 0
Runs: 1560
Average: 67.82
Ht stand: 336
100 stands: 4
50 stands: 5

2) Sourav Ganguly-Sachin Tendulkar

Innings: 71
No: 3
Runs: 4173
Average: 61.36
Ht Stand: 281
100 stands: 12
50 stands: 16

3) Rahul Dravid-Virender Sehwag

Innings: 58
No 2
Runs: 3383
Average: 60.41
Ht Stand: 410
100 stands: 10
50 stands: 11

'4) Cheteshwar Pujara-Murali Vijay

Innings: 28
No: 0
Runs: 1689
Average: 60.32
Ht Stand: 370
100 stands: 4
50 stands: 9

5) Mohammad Azharuddin-Sachin Tendulkar
Innings: 42
No: 1
Runs: 2385
Average: 58.17
Ht Stand: 222
100 stand: 9
50 stand: 5

6) Dilip Vengsarkar-Gundappa Viswanath
Innings: 32
No: 3
Runs: 1638
Average: 56.48
Ht stand: 210
100 stand: 5
50 stand: 7

7) Mohinder Amarnath-Sunil Gavaskar
Innings: 44
No: 1
Runs: 2366
Average: 55.02
Ht Stand: 224
100 stands: 10
50 stands: 7

8) Rahul Dravid-Gautam Gambhir
Innings: 47
No: 1
Runs: 2530
Ht Stand: 314
Average: 55.00
100 stands: 7
50 stands: 9

9) Chetan Chauhan-Sunil Gavaskar
Innings: 60
No: 3
Runs: 3127
Ht Stand: 213
Average: 54.85
100 stands: 11
50 stands: 10

10) Ravi Shastri-Dilip Vengsarkar
Innings: 33
No: 2
Runs: 1690
Ht Stand: 298'
Average: 54.51
100 stands: 3
50 stands: 10.