India posting three three figure partnerships in an innings against Australia

India posting three three figure partnerships in an innings against Australia

India posted three three figure partnerships – 116 for the second wicket between MA Agarwal and CA Pujara and 101 runs for the fifth wicket between CA Pujara and GH Vihari and 204 for the seventh wicket between RR Pant and RA Jadeja – against Australia  in the ongoing Sydney test to provide the fourth occasion of India posting two or more three figure  partnerships in a test innings against Australia.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 VVS Laxman, NS Sidhu 1 191 2 v Australia Kolkata 18 Mar 1998
  2 R Dravid, SR Tendulkar 3 140 2 v Australia Kolkata 18 Mar 1998
  3 M Azharuddin, SC Ganguly 5 158 2 v Australia Kolkata 18 Mar 1998
                 
2 1 A Chopra, V Sehwag 1 123 1 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2004
  2 VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar 4 353 1 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2004
  3 PA Patel, SR Tendulkar 6 101 1 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2004
                 
3 1 R Dravid, VVS Laxman 2 175 2 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2008
  2 SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar 4 108 2 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2008
  3 Harbhajan Singh, SR Tendulkar 8 129 2 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2008
                 
4 1 MA Agarwal, CA Pujara 2 116 1 v Australia Sydney 03 Jan 2019
  2 CA Pujara, GH Vihari 5 101 1 v Australia Sydney 03 Jan 2019
  3 RR Pant, RA Jadeja 7 204 1 v Australia Sydney 03 Jan 2019

India’s feat is the third such occasion against Australia in Australia. It is interesting to note that the three occasions are at Sydney – Jan 2004, Jan 2008 and Jan 2019

No No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 A Chopra, V Sehwag 1 123 1 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2004
  2 VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar 4 353 1 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2004
  3 PA Patel, SR Tendulkar 6 101 1 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2004
                 
2 1 R Dravid, VVS Laxman 2 175 2 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2008
  2 SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar 4 108 2 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2008
  3 Harbhajan Singh, SR Tendulkar 8 129 2 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2008
                 
3 1 MA Agarwal, CA Pujara 2 116 1 v Australia Sydney 03 Jan 2019
  2 CA Pujara, GH Vihari 5 101 1 v Australia Sydney 03 Jan 2019
  3 RR Pant, RA Jadeja 7 204 1 v Australia Sydney 03 Jan 2019
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