Dravid, Sachin Becomes the most successful Test pair

The Indian pair of middle-order Rahul Dravid and batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday become the most successful run-getters in Test cricket.The duo surpassed the previous record of West Indies legendary pair of Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes who have together shared 6482 runs in partnerships during their Test career.

The duo achieved the feat during India's first innings in the fourth and final Test against England.Dravid and Tendulkar have together shared 19 partnerships of more than 100 runs and have stood together for more than 50 runs on 25 occasions. The highest stand between both the players is 249.

After Sachin and Darvid here are the most successful pairs in Test cricket

G Greenidge and D Haynes (WI) --- 6482 runs in 148 innings

M Hayden and J Langer (Aus) ----- 6081 runs in 122 innings

M Jayawardene and K Sangakkara (SL) --- 5018 runs in 84 innings

M Hayden and R Ponting (Aus) --------- 4765 runs in 76 innings

A Cook and A Strauss (Eng) ------- 4635 runs in 111 innings

Courtesy: Cricketnext.com