Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman established many new records during the course of their 353-run partnership in the first innings of the fourth Test against Australia in Sydney on Saturday.
Their stand is now the highest ever fourth-wicket partnership against Australia by any country. The pair obliterated the 288-run partnership between Englishmen Nasser Hussain and Graham Thorpe at Edgbaston in 1997.
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The partnership is also the highest for any wicket for India on foreign soil, beating the 303-run stand between Rahul Dravid and Laxman in the first innings of the Adelaide Test of this series.
Overall, it is the third best partnership for any wicket for India, third best for any wicket by any country against Australia and ranks 22nd in Test cricket.
Highest partnerships in Test cricket
| Runs | Wkt | Batsmen | For | Vs | Venue | Series | |
| 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 (Niaz) | 1982-83 |
| 451 | 2nd | WH Ponsford | DG Bradman | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 1934 |
| 446 | 2nd | CC Hunte | GStA Sobers | WI | Pak | Kingston | 1957-58 |
| 429* | 3rd | JA Rudolph | HH Dippenaar | SA | Ban | Chittagong | 2002-03 |
| 413 | 1st | MH Mankad | Pankaj Roy | Ind | NZ | Madras (Corp) | 1955-56 |
| 411 | 4th | PBH May | MC Cowdrey | Eng | WI | Edgbaston | 1957 |
| 405 | 5th | SG Barnes | DG Bradman | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 1946-47 |
| 399 | 4th | GStA Sobers | FMM Worrell | WI | Eng | Bridgetown | 1959-60 |
| 397 | 3rd | Qasim Omar | Javed Miandad | Pak | SL | Faisalabad | 1985-86 |
| 388 | 4th | WH Ponsford | DG Bradman | Aus | Eng | Headingley | 1934 |
| 387 | 1st | GM Turner | TW Jarvis | NZ | WI | Georgetown | 1971-72 |
| 385 | 5th | SR Waugh | GS Blewett | Aus | SA | Johannesburg (Wanderers) | 1996-97 |
| 382 | 2nd | L Hutton | M Leyland | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 1938 |
| 382 | 1st | WM Lawry | RB Simpson | Aus | WI | Bridgetown | 1964-65 |
| 376 | 5th | VVS Laxman | RS Dravid | Ind | Aus | Calcutta | 2000-01 |
| 370 | 3rd | WJ Edrich | DCS Compton | Eng | SA | Lord's | 1947 |
| 369 | 2nd | JH Edrich | KF Barrington | Eng | NZ | Headingley | 1965 |
| 368 | 1st | GC Smith | HH Gibbs | SA | Pak | Cape Town | 2002-03 |
| 359 | 1st | L Hutton | C Washbrook | Eng | SA | Johannesburg (Ellis Park) | 1948-49 |
| 353 | 4th | SR Tendulkar | VVS Laxman | Ind | Aus | Sydney | 2003-04 |
| 352* | 3rd | Ijaz Ahmed | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pak | SL | Dhaka | 1998-99 |
| 351 | 2nd | GA Gooch | DI Gower | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 1985 |
| 350 | 4th | Mushtaq Mohammad | Asif Iqbal | Pak | NZ | Dunedin | 1972-73 |
Highest Partnerships for India
| Runs | Wkt | Batsmen | For | Vs | Venue | Series | |
| 413 | 1st | MH Mankad | Pankaj Roy | Ind | NZ | Madras (Corp) | 1955-56 |
| 376 | 5th | VVS Laxman | RS Dravid | Ind | Aus | Calcutta | 2000-01 |
| 353 | 4th | SR Tendulkar | VVS Laxman | Ind | Aus | Sydney | 2003-04 |
| 344* | 2nd | SM Gavaskar | DB Vengsarkar | Ind | WI | Calcutta | 1978-79 |
| 316 | 3rd | GR Viswanath | Yashpal Sharma | Ind | Eng | Madras (Chepauk) | 1981-82 |
| 303 | 5th | RS Dravid | VVS Laxman | Ind | Aus | Adelaide | 2003-04 |
| 298* | 6th | DB Vengsarkar | RJ Shastri | Ind | Aus | Bombay (WS) | 1986-87 |
| 281 | 4th | SR Tendulkar | SC Ganguly | Ind | NZ | Ahmedabad | 1999-00 |
| 272 | 6th | M Azharuddin | N Kapil Dev | Ind | SL | Kanpur | 1986-87 |
| 256 | 4th | SC Ganguly | SR Tendulkar | Ind | SL | Bombay (WS) | 1997-98 |
| 255 | 3rd | SC Ganguly | SR Tendulkar | Ind | Eng | Trent Bridge | 1996 |
Highest Partnership for each wicket for India
| Wkt | Runs | Batsmen | For | Vs | Venue | Series | |
| 1st | 413 | MH Mankad | Pankaj Roy | Ind | NZ | Madras (Corp) | 1955-56 |
| 2nd | 344* | SM Gavaskar | DB Vengsarkar | Ind | WI | Calcutta | 1978-79 |
| 3rd | 316 | GR Viswanath | Yashpal Sharma | Ind | Eng | Madras (Chepauk) | 1981-82 |
| 4th | 353 | SR Tendulkar | VVS Laxman | Ind | Aus | Sydney | 2003-04 |
| 5th | 376 | VVS Laxman | RS Dravid | Ind | Aus | Calcutta | 2000-01 |
| 6th | 298* | DB Vengsarkar | RJ Shastri | Ind | Aus | Bombay (WS) | 1986-87 |
| 7th | 235 | RJ Shastri | SMH Kirmani | Ind | Eng | Bombay (WS) | 1984-85 |
| 8th | 161 | A Kumble | M Azharuddin | Ind | SA | Calcutta | 1996-97 |
| 9th | 149 | PG Joshi | RB Desai | Ind | Pak | Bombay (WS) | 1960-61 |
| 10th | 109 | HR Adhikari | Ghulam Ahmed | Ind | Pak | Delhi | 1952-53 |
Highest Partnerships against Australia
| Runs | Wkt | Batsmen | For | Vs | Venue | Series | |
| 382 | 2nd | L Hutton | M Leyland | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 1938 |
| 376 | 5th | VVS Laxman | RS Dravid | Ind | Aus | Calcutta | 2000-01 |
| 353 | 4th | SR Tendulkar | VVS Laxman | Ind | Aus | Sydney | 2003-04 |
| 351 | 2nd | GA Gooch | DI Gower | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 1985 |
| 347 | 7th | DStE Atkinson | CC Depeiza | WI | Aus | Bridgetown | 1954-55 |
| 341 | 3rd | EJ Barlow | RG Pollock | SA | Aus | Adelaide | 1963-64 |
| 331 | 2nd | RT Robinson | DI Gower | Eng | Aus | Edgbaston | 1985 |
| 323 | 1st | JB Hobbs | W Rhodes | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 1911-12 |
| 322 | 5th | BC Lara | JC Adams | WI | Aus | Kingston | 1998-99 |
| 308 | 3rd | RB Richardson | IVA Richards | WI | Aus | St. John's | 1983-84 |
| 303 | 5th | RS Dravid | VVS Laxman | Ind | Aus | Adelaide | 2003-04 |
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