Bangladesh vs India Test Series : Mirpur Test : SR Tendulkar and RT Ponting on par in 200 plus runs partnerships
SR Tendulkar and R Dravid were concerned in a 222 runs unfinished stand for the third wicket against Bangladesh at Mirpur. This stand provided SR Tendulkar the fifteenth 200 plus runs partnership for various wickets in a test innings. With this partnership, Tendulkar is on par with RT Ponting of Australia who is also one of the partners in 200 plus runs partnerships on 15 occasions.
SR Tendulkar and RT Ponting are the only two batsmen who have fifteen 200 plus runs partnerships to their credit in the annals of test cricket.
The following table lists out the 200 runs partnerships of these two batsmen with details of partners, wickets for which runs were added, runs, innings, opposition, ground, month and year arranged in the chronological order
| SR Tendulkar of Australia | |||||||
| No | Partner | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opp | Ground | Mon/Year |
| 1 | MAzharuddin | 5 | 202 | 1 | Win | Nagpur | Dec 1994 |
| 2 | SCGanguly | 3 | 255 | 1 | Eng | Nottingham | Jul 1996 |
| 3 | MAzharuddin | 6 | 222 | 2 | SAF | Cape Town | Jan 1997 |
| 4 | MAzharuddin | 4 | 221 | 1 | Srl | Col- RPS | Aug 1997 |
| 5 | SCGanguly | 4 | 256 | 1 | Srl | Mumbai | Dec 1997 |
| 6 | SCGanguly | 4 | 281 | 1 | NZl | Ahmedabad | Oct 1999 |
| 7 | RDravid | 3 | 229 | 3 | NZl | Mohali | Oct 1999 |
| 8 | RDravid | 3 | 249 | 1 | Zim | Nagpur | Nov 2000 |
| 9 | RDravid | 3 | 213 | 2 | Zim | Delhi | Nov 2000 |
| 10 | VSehwag | 5 | 220 | 1 | SAF | Bloemfontein | Nov 2001 |
| 11 | SCGanguly | 4 | 249 | 1 | Eng | Leeds | Aug 2002 |
| 12 | VVSLaxman | 5 | 214 | 3 | Win | Kolkata | Oct 2002 |
| 13 | VVSLaxman | 4 | 353 | 1 | Aus | Sydney | Jan 2004 |
| 14 | VSehwag | 3 | 336 | 1 | Pak | Multan | Mar 2004 |
| 15 | RDravid | 3 | 222* | 2 | Ban | Dhaka | Jan 2010 |
| RT Ponting of Australia | |||||||
| No | Partner | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opp | Ground | Mon/Year |
| 1 | MTGElliott | 5 | 268 | 2 | Eng | Leeds | Jul 1997 |
| 2 | SRWaugh | 5 | 281 | 1 | Win | Bridgetown | Mar 1999 |
| 3 | JLLanger | 5 | 327 | 2 | Pak | Perth | Nov 1999 |
| 4 | SRWaugh | 5 | 239 | 1 | Ind | Adelaide | Dec 1999 |
| 5 | MEWaugh | 3 | 221 | 1 | Eng | Leeds | Aug 2001 |
| 6 | MLHayden | 2 | 272 | 1 | Eng | Brisbane | Nov 2002 |
| 7 | DRMartyn | 3 | 242 | 2 | Eng | Adelaide | Nov 2002 |
| 8 | DSLehmann | 3 | 315 | 1 | Win | Trinidad | Apr 2003 |
| 9 | JLLanger | 2 | 248 | 2 | Win | Georgetown | Apr 2003 |
| 10 | MLHayden | 2 | 234 | 2 | Ind | Melbourne | Dec 2003 |
| 11 | MLHayden | 2 | 201 | 3 | SAF | Durban | Mar 2006 |
| 12 | MEKHussey | 4 | 209 | 1 | Eng | Brisbane | Nov 2006 |
| 13 | MJClarke | 4 | 210 | 2 | Ind | Adelaide | Jan 2008 |
| 14 | SMKatich | 2 | 239 | 2 | Eng | Cardiff | Jul 2009 |
| 15 | MJClarke | 4 | 352 | 1 | Pak | Hobart | Jan 2010 |