South Africa vs India 2018: 5 most prolific run-scoring pairs for India in South Africa

After dominating in home conditions across all the three formats, the Indian team has finally embarked on its overseas sojourn.

Their first challenge will be against South Africa, a country where the Indian team has never won any series and hence the upcoming series will test this particular outfit.

"One and half years will define Indian cricket. Tour of South Africa, Australia and England. This will be a better team after this 18 months," coach Ravi Shastri said before the Indian team left for South Africa.

Despite the tough conditions, there have been players over the years, who have stitched together invaluable partnerships for India.

#5 Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay

Perhaps, the two most important cogs in the Indian batting line-up in the upcoming tour, opener Murali Vijay, and Cheteshwar Pujara at number three hold the key to India's fortunes.

They have had several match-winning partnerships for India back home and now it is time to replicate the same overseas, especially against the new ball.

Having said that, Vijay and Pujara have tasted some success in South Africa together and in the three innings they have played together, they have scored 234 runs at an average of 78.

They have been involved in one fifty and a century stand with the highest partnership of 157.

This is a positive sign for India, as both these players go into the series much more aware of their individual games and hence would hope to dig in and carve few more match-defining partnerships together.

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