Most successful test pair 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 in test cricket
Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar put on 55 for the third wicket at The Oval (2011) to become test cricket's most prolific partnership but Graeme Swann dismissed Tendulkar for 23.
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
