Most runs partnership in test cricket.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
Tendulkar-Dravid have amassed 19 centuries in tandem, also the highest for any Test partnership.
After Sachin and Darvid here are the most successful pairs in Test
1. G Greenidge and D Haynes (WI) - 6482 runs
2. Matthew Hayden & Justin Langer (AUS) - 6081 runs
3. Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakkara (SL) - 5261 runs
4. Matthew Hayden & Ricky Ponting (AUS) - 4765 runs
5. Alistair Cook & Andrew Strauss (ENG) - 4635 runs
6. Marvan Atapattu & Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) - 4533 runs
7. Sourav Ganguly & Sachin Tendulkar (IND) - 4173 runs
8. Rahul Dravid & VVS Laxman (IND) - 3902 runs
9. Michael Slater & Mark Taylor (AUS) - 3887 runs