Tenth highest opening partnership for India

The unbroken 185 run-partnership between Virender Sehwag [ Images ] and Gautam Gambhir [ Images ] at the end of day three is the third highest opening wicket partnership for India [ Images ] since Sunil Gavaskar's [ Images ] retirement from Test cricket.

Overall this partnership is now the tenth highest for India for the opening wicket against all countries.

Runs	Batsmen		Vs	Venue	Series
413	MH Mankad	Pankaj Roy	NZ	Madras (Corp)	1955-56
213	SM Gavaskar	CPS Chauhan	Eng	The Oval	1979
203	VM Merchant	Mushtaq Ali	Eng	Old Trafford	1936
201	SB Bangar	V Sehwag	WI	Mumbai [ Images ] (WS)	2002-03
200	SM Gavaskar	K Srikkanth	Pak	Madras (MAC)	1986-87
192	SM Gavaskar	CPS Chauhan	Pak	Lahore [ Images ]	1978-79
192	SM Gavaskar	CPS Chauhan	Aus	Bombay (WS)	1979-80
191	SM Gavaskar	K Srikkanth	Aus	Sydney [ Images ]	1985-86
191	VVS Laxman [ Images ]	NS Sidhu	Aus	Kolkata [ Images ]	1997-98
185*	V Sehwag	G Gambhir	SA	Kanpur	2004-05

The Sehwag-Gambhir partnership is the highest opening partnership for India and 12th highest in all Tests against South Africa [ Images ].

The previous highest opening stand for India was a paltry 90 between Vikram Rathore and Nayan Mongia at Johnnesburg in 1996-97

Runs	Batsmen		For	Venue	Series
359	L Hutton	C Washbrook	Eng	Ellis Park [ Images ]	1948-49
290	G Pullar	MC Cowdrey	Eng	The Oval	1960
268	JB Hobbs	H Sutcliffe	Eng	Lord's	1924
233	WA Brown	JHW Fingleton	Aus	Cape Town	1935-36
221	JB Hobbs	W Rhodes	Eng	Cape Town	1909-10
219	WM Lawry	IR Redpath	Aus	Melbourne [ Images ]	1963-64
219	JL Langer	ML Hayden	Aus	Sydney	2001-02
214	AR Morris	J Moroney	Aus	Ellis Park	1949-50
202	JL Langer	ML Hayden	Aus	Melbourne	2001-02
193	MS Atapattu	ST Jayasuriya	SL	Galle	2000-01
190	CC McDonald	JW Burke	Aus	Cape Town	1957-58
185*	V Sehwag	G Gambhir	Ind	Kanpur	2004-05

The Sehwag-Gambhir partnership is the ninth highest opening partnership on Indian soil as shown in the following table:

Runs	Batsmen		For	Vs	Venue	Series
413	MH Mankad	Pankaj Roy	Ind	NZ	Madras (Corp)	1955-56
239	AF Rae	JB Stollmeyer	WI	Ind	Madras (MAC)	1948-49
236	AC Hudson	G Kirsten	SA	Ind	Kolkata	1996-97
231	MH Richardson	L Vincent	NZ	Ind	Mohali	2003-04
201	SB Bangar	V Sehwag	Ind	WI	Mumbai (WS)	2002-03
200	SM Gavaskar	K Srikkanth	Ind	Pak	Madras (MAC)	1986-87
192	SM Gavaskar	CPS Chauhan	Ind	Aus	Bombay (WS)	1979-80
191	VVS Laxman	NS Sidhu	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	1997-98
185*	V Sehwag	G Gambhir	Ind	SA	Kanpur	2004-05

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