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Highest partnerships in Tests

Rajneesh Gupta | January 16, 2006 18:25 IST
Last Updated: January 16, 2006 23:11 IST


Virender Sehwag [Images] and Rahul Dravid [Images] set the best-ever partnership for any wicket for India against Pakistan on day four of the first Test in Lahore [Images] on Monday.

They eclipsed the 336-run stand set by Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar [Images] at Multan in the first Test of the last series in Pakistan in 2004.

Sehwag had then scored 309 while Tendulkar was unbeaten with 194.

The makeshift opening pair is now on the threshold of eclipsing the highest opening partnership -- Pankaj Roy and Vinoo Mankad's 413, set against New Zealand [Images], in Chennai in 1955/56.  

By close on day 4 of the ongoing Test, they were engaged in an unfinished partnership of 403. Sehwag was batting on 247 while skipper Dravid was unbeaten on 128.   

A look at the top opening partnerships in Tests:

Highest opening partnerships for India
RunsPlayersVsVenueSeason
413MH MankadPankaj RoyNZ Madras1955-56
403*V SehwagR DravidPakLahore2005-06
218V SehwagG GambhirSAfKanpur2004-05
213SM GavaskarCPS ChauhanEngThe Oval1979
203VM MerchantMushtaq AliEngManchester1936
201SB BangarV SehwagWI Mumbai2002-03
200SM GavaskarK SrikkanthPakChennai1986-87

Highest partnerships for India
RunsWktPlayersForVsVenueSeason
4131stMH MankadPankaj RoyIndNZ Madras1955-56
403*1stV SehwagR DravidIndPakLahore2005-06
3765thVVS LaxmanR DravidIndAusKolkata2000-01
3534thSR TendulkarVVS LaxmanIndAusSydney 2003-04
344*2ndSM GavaskarDB VengsarkarIndWI Kolkata1978-79
3363rdV SehwagSR TendulkarIndPakMultan2003-04
3163rdGR ViswanathYashpal SharmaIndEngChennai1981-82
3035thR DravidVVS LaxmanIndAusAdelaide2003-04
Note: At Chennai (Madras) in 1981-82, 415 runs were added for the third wicket against England [Images] by three batsmen. Dilip Vengsarkar had to retire hurt after adding 99 runs with Gundappa Viswanath, who added another 316 with Yashpal Sharma.

Highest partnerships for opening wicket
RunsPlayersForVsVenueSeason
413MH MankadPankaj RoyIndNZ Madras1955-56
403*V SehwagR DravidIndPakLahore2005-06
387GM TurnerTW JarvisNZ WI Georgetown1971-72
382WM LawryRB SimpsonAusWI Bridgetown1964-65
368GC SmithHH GibbsSAfPakCape Town2002-03
359L HuttonC WashbrookEngSAfJohannesburg1948-49
338GC SmithHH GibbsSAfEngBirmingham2003
335MS AtapattuST JayasuriyaSL PakKandy1999-00
329GR MarshMA TaylorAusEngNottingham1989
323JB HobbsW RhodesEngAusMelbourne1911-12
301GC SmithHH GibbsSAfWI Centurion2003-04

Highest partnerships against Pakistan
RunsWktPlayersForVsVenueSeason
4462ndCC HunteGStA SobersWI PakKingston [Images]1957-58
403*1stV SehwagR DravidIndPakLahore2005-06
3681stGC SmithHH GibbsSAfPakCape Town2002-03
3363rdV SehwagSR TendulkarIndPakMultan2003-04
3351stMS AtapattuST JayasuriyaSL PakKandy1999-00
3275thJL LangerRT PontingAusPakPerth 1999-00
2792ndMA TaylorJL LangerAusPakPeshawar1998-99
277*5thMW GoodwinA FlowerZimPakBulawayo 1997-98
2692ndGStA SobersCL WalcottWI PakGeorgetown1957-58
2694thGW FlowerA FlowerZimPakHarare1994-95
2691stMJ SlaterGS BlewettAusPakBrisbane1999-00
2673rdMP VaughanGP ThorpeEngPakManchester2001
2592ndWB PhillipsGN YallopAusPakPerth 1983-84

Highest partnerships in Test cricket
RunsWktPlayersForVsVenueSeason
5762ndST JayasuriyaRS MahanamaSL IndColombo (RPS)1997-98
4673rdAH JonesMD CroweNZ SL Wellington1990-91
4513rdMudassar NazarJaved MiandadPakIndHyderabad 1982-83
4512ndWH PonsfordDG BradmanAusEngThe Oval1934
4462ndCC HunteGStA SobersWI PakKingston1957-58
4382ndMS AtapattuKC SangakkaraSL ZimBulawayo 2003-04
429*3rdJA RudolphHH DippenaarSAfBanChittagong2002-03
4131stMH MankadPankaj RoyIndNZ Madras1955-56
4114thPBH MayMC CowdreyEngWI Birmingham1957
4055thSG BarnesDG BradmanAusEngSydney 1946-47
403*1stV SehwagR DravidIndPakLahore2005-06


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