Highest seventh-wicket partnership against India

The unbeaten match-winning partnership of 126 runs between Mahela Jayawardene [ Images ] and Upul Chandana at Dambulla on Wednesday is the highest ever partnership for the seventh wicket against India [ Images ].

The pair obliterated the previous record stand of 114 between South Africa's [ Images ] Mark Boucher [ Images ] and Lance Klusener at Nagpur in 1999-00.

The following table has the details of highest seventh wicket-partnerships against India:

Players		Runs	For	Vs	Venue	Season
DPMD Jayawardene	UDU Chandana	126*	SL	Ind	Dambulla	2005
MV Boucher	L Klusener	114	SAf	Ind	Nagpur	1999-00
SR Waugh	GC Dyer	102*	Aus	Ind	Delhi [ Images ] (FSK)	1986-87
Shoaib Malik [ Images ]	Moin Khan	99	Pak	Ind	Lahore [ Images ]	2003-04
HH Streak	SM Ervine	93*	Zim	Ind	Hobart (BO)	2003-04
MA Ouma	B Patel	92	Ken	Ind	Rose Bowl	2004
MP Vaughan	AF Giles	92	Eng	Ind	Lord's	2004
MW Gatting	PR Downton	86*	Eng	Ind	Pune	1984-85
ADR Campbell	AR Whittall	81	Zim	Ind	Sharjah	1998-99

The 126-run unbeaten partnership between Jayawardene and Chandana is in fact the second highest for the seventh wicket in all ODIs.

The details:

Players		Runs	For	Vs	Venue	Season
A Flower	HH Streak	130	Zim	Eng	Harare	2001-02
DPMD Jayawardene	UDU Chandana	126*	SL	Ind	Dambulla	2005
Yousuf Youhana	Rashid Latif	124	Pak	Aus	Cardiff	2001
TM Odoyo	AO Suji	119	Ken	Zim	Aga Khan S.C.	1997-98
PJL Dujon	MD Marshall	115	WI	Pak	Gujranwala	1986-87
AC Parore	LK Germon	115	NZ	Pak	Sharjah	1996-97