Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane rewrote the record books when they shared a mammoth partnership of 365 runs for the fourth wicket in the ongoing third Test against New Zealand at Indore.
Leading the three-match series by 2-0, the Indian team’s hopes of whitewashing the Kiwis took a huge blow when they were reduced to 100 for 3 in the first innings of the Test. But then Rahane along with his captain Virat Kohli stitched together a brilliant partnership of 365 runs to take command of the match.
So here we are presenting to you the list of top 6 partnerships by Indian batsmen in Test cricket and check out where does Kohli and Rahane’s partnership stand on the list.
6. 353 – Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman:
India came agonisingly close to winning a Test series in Australia for the first time in their history when they scored 705 runs in the first innings of the last Test of Border-Gavaskar series in 2004. Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman were the architects of that huge score. They shared a mammoth partnership of 353 runs that helped India to register their highest score in Tests. Sachin Tendulkar scored 241 while Laxman scored 178.
Chasing an improbable target of 443, Australia was in a spot of bother after being reduced to 196 for 4 but a fighting knock of 80 runs from Steve Waugh and 77 from Simon Katich helped the hosts to save the match.