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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
Runs | Players | Vs | Venue | Season |
413 | MH Mankad | Pankaj Roy | NZ | Madras | 1955-56 |
403* | V Sehwag | R Dravid | Pak | Lahore | 2005-06 |
218 | V Sehwag | G Gambhir | SAf | Kanpur | 2004-05 |
213 | SM Gavaskar | CPS Chauhan | Eng | The Oval | 1979 |
203 | VM Merchant | Mushtaq Ali | Eng | Manchester | 1936 |
201 | SB Bangar | V Sehwag | WI | Mumbai | 2002-03 |
200 | SM Gavaskar | K Srikkanth | Pak | Chennai | 1986-87 |
Highest partnerships for India
Runs | Wkt | Players | For | Vs | Venue | Season |
413 | 1st | MH Mankad | Pankaj Roy | Ind | NZ | Madras | 1955-56 |
403* | 1st | V Sehwag | R Dravid | Ind | Pak | Lahore | 2005-06 |
376 | 5th | VVS Laxman | R Dravid | Ind | Aus | Kolkata | 2000-01 |
353 | 4th | SR Tendulkar | VVS Laxman | Ind | Aus | Sydney | 2003-04 |
344* | 2nd | SM Gavaskar | DB Vengsarkar | Ind | WI | Kolkata | 1978-79 |
336 | 3rd | V Sehwag | SR Tendulkar | Ind | Pak | Multan | 2003-04 |
316 | 3rd | GR Viswanath | Yashpal Sharma | Ind | Eng | Chennai | 1981-82 |
303 | 5th | R Dravid | VVS Laxman | Ind | Aus | Adelaide | 2003-04 |
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
Runs | Players | For | Vs | Venue | Season |
413 | MH Mankad | Pankaj Roy | Ind | NZ | Madras | 1955-56 |
403* | V Sehwag | R Dravid | Ind | Pak | Lahore | 2005-06 |
387 | GM Turner | TW Jarvis | NZ | WI | Georgetown | 1971-72 |
382 | WM Lawry | RB Simpson | Aus | WI | Bridgetown | 1964-65 |
368 | GC Smith | HH Gibbs | SAf | Pak | Cape Town | 2002-03 |
359 | L Hutton | C Washbrook | Eng | SAf | Johannesburg | 1948-49 |
338 | GC Smith | HH Gibbs | SAf | Eng | Birmingham | 2003 |
335 | MS Atapattu | ST Jayasuriya | SL | Pak | Kandy | 1999-00 |
329 | GR Marsh | MA Taylor | Aus | Eng | Nottingham | 1989 |
323 | JB Hobbs | W Rhodes | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 1911-12 |
301 | GC Smith | HH Gibbs | SAf | WI | Centurion | 2003-04 |
Highest partnerships against Pakistan
Runs | Wkt | Players | For | Vs | Venue | Season |
446 | 2nd | CC Hunte | GStA Sobers | WI | Pak | Kingston [Images] | 1957-58 |
403* | 1st | V Sehwag | R Dravid | Ind | Pak | Lahore | 2005-06 |
368 | 1st | GC Smith | HH Gibbs | SAf | Pak | Cape Town | 2002-03 |
336 | 3rd | V Sehwag | SR Tendulkar | Ind | Pak | Multan | 2003-04 |
335 | 1st | MS Atapattu | ST Jayasuriya | SL | Pak | Kandy | 1999-00 |
327 | 5th | JL Langer | RT Ponting | Aus | Pak | Perth | 1999-00 |
279 | 2nd | MA Taylor | JL Langer | Aus | Pak | Peshawar | 1998-99 |
277* | 5th | MW Goodwin | A Flower | Zim | Pak | Bulawayo | 1997-98 |
269 | 2nd | GStA Sobers | CL Walcott | WI | Pak | Georgetown | 1957-58 |
269 | 4th | GW Flower | A Flower | Zim | Pak | Harare | 1994-95 |
269 | 1st | MJ Slater | GS Blewett | Aus | Pak | Brisbane | 1999-00 |
267 | 3rd | MP Vaughan | GP Thorpe | Eng | Pak | Manchester | 2001 |
259 | 2nd | WB Phillips | GN Yallop | Aus | Pak | Perth | 1983-84 |
Highest partnerships in Test cricket
Runs | Wkt | Players | For | Vs | Venue | Season |
576 | 2nd | ST Jayasuriya | RS Mahanama | SL | Ind | Colombo (RPS) | 1997-98 |
467 | 3rd | AH Jones | MD Crowe | NZ | SL | Wellington | 1990-91 |
451 | 3rd | Mudassar Nazar | Javed Miandad | Pak | Ind | Hyderabad | 1982-83 |
451 | 2nd | WH Ponsford | DG Bradman | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 1934 |
446 | 2nd | CC Hunte | GStA Sobers | WI | Pak | Kingston | 1957-58 |
438 | 2nd | MS Atapattu | KC Sangakkara | SL | Zim | Bulawayo | 2003-04 |
429* | 3rd | JA Rudolph | HH Dippenaar | SAf | Ban | Chittagong | 2002-03 |
413 | 1st | MH Mankad | Pankaj Roy | Ind | NZ | Madras | 1955-56 |
411 | 4th | PBH May | MC Cowdrey | Eng | WI | Birmingham | 1957 |
405 | 5th | SG Barnes | DG Bradman | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 1946-47 |
403* | 1st | V Sehwag | R Dravid | Ind | Pak | Lahore | 2005-06 |