Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan became the second highest scoring Indian duo during the fourth ODI against Australia in Mohali. The opening pairing surpassed the previous best of 4,387 runs between Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. They, however, trail the highest ranked duo of Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly by a significant margin. Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly had put together 8227 runs between them.
Sehwag and Tendulkar had scored 4387 runs from 114 innings and Rohit-Dhawan went past them in their 102 inning together. The highest stand between them is worth 210 runs while that between Sehwag-Tendulkar was 182 runs.
At the top, Tendulkar and Ganguly had taken 176 innings for their 8227 runs together. It came at an average of 47.55 with highest run partnership of 258 runs between them including 26 100 run stands and 29 50 run stands.
Overall, Dhawan and Rohit are the seventh highest scoring pairing in ODI cricket. Tendulkar and Ganguly are top of the pile followed by Mahela Jayawardene-Kumar Sangakkara (5992 runs), Tillakaratne Dilshan-Sangakkara (5475 runs), Marvan Atapattu-Sanath Jayasuriya (5462 runs), Adam Gilchrist-Matthew Hayden (5409 runs) and Gordon Greenidge-Desmond Haynes (5206 runs).
In the 18th over, Rohit and Dhawan brought together 100 runs for India and their 15th 100 run stand together. In so doing, they levelled West Indian pairing of Greenidge and Haynes with as many stands for the opening wicket. This list is also led by Tendulkar and Ganguly who had 21 century run stands for the first wicket.
Their stand was broken for 193 runs with Rohit getting out in the deep off Jhye Richardson. The 193 run stand is the highest opening wicket partnership for India against Australia in ODIs. The previous best was also between Dhawan and Rohit (178 runs).
Top 10 Highest partnership runs in a career
Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar – 8227 runs
Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara – 5992 runs
Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara – 5475 runs
Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya – 5462 runs
Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden – 5409 runs
Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes – 5206 runs
Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma – 4571 runs
Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar – 4387 runs
Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly – 4363 runs
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma – 4328 runs
Top 10 Highest partnerships for India:
Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar – 8227 runs
Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma – 4571 runs
Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar – 4387 runs
Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly – 4332 runs
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma – 4328 runs
Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar – 4117 runs
MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina – 3585 runs
Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar – 3514 runs
MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh – 3103 runs
Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli – 2798 runs
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