Great Cricketers hunt in pairs :

If you take cricket from adam some of the finest cricketers have arrived in pairs. Be it India , Australia, Pakistan, Windies or England.
In India we had Amar Singh and Mohamaed Nissar in the 50’s
Gavaskar and Vishwanath in the 1970’s
Bedi and Prasana in the 70’s
In Australia it was Lillee and Thomson , Simpson and Bill Lawry
Lindwall and Miller. Ian Chappell and Doug Walters
In Windies we had Rohan Kanahi and Garry Sobers, Griffith and Hall,
Greenidge and Haynes, Holding and Roberts, Garner and Croft
In Pakistan we had Majid Khan and Zaheer Abaas, Hanif and Mustaq Mohamed.
Imaran and Sarfraz , Waaqar and Akram.
In South Africa it was Grahame Pollock and Barry Richards, Mike Procter and Peter Pollock.
All the above men were great pairs and match winners for their country.

I have not touched all the players but the listed ones are some of them who come to my memory. I am sure there will be more. What is interesting about these pairs were they jelled very well as partners and were the trump card for their team and their captain.
These great pairs were different in their own way. For eg if Jeff Thomson was very aggressive with his devastating pace Dennis Lillee was a menace with this sheer accuracy , swing and cutters. Lillee was great with both the new and old ball.

Even our own Gavaskar and Vishwanath were made of different metal. While Sunny was solid in defence with aggression at times Gundappa was purely know for his stroke play and elegance. It was a delight watching both together. They were a terror against best bowling attack on any given day.

Same holds with Kanahi and Sobers. While Sobers was a lefthander with all round skills Rohan Kanhai was the finest player of spin. Even Gordon Greenidge and Haynes were a fantastic combination with the blend of caution and aggression. Greenidge had both but Haynes was very attacking in his approach. Simpson and Lawry was another great pair. Lawry was slow and with limited strokes his partner Simpson was always there to accelerate the runs. Infact the Lawry and Stackpole combination was also great.

Cricket has not seen a great pair for quite sometime. Today Shoaib Aktkar is the fastest bowler but he does not have somebody to support him as a great pair. Most of the cricketers have too much of selfish motive and as a result that lethal pair is not happening either in batting or the bowling.

Cricket is a great game of team spirit. Unless this is practiced with keenness you will not find the birth of great pairs like in the 60’s, 70’s , 80’s.