GH Vihari and AM Rahane of Rest of India added 229 runs for the third wicket against Vidarbha in the ongoing Irani Trophy to provide the 17^th occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership in Irani Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	RJ Shastri, PK Amre	327	4th	Rest of Ind	v Bengal	Bengaluru	02 Nov 1990
2	CA Pujara, WP Saha	316*	5th	Rest of Ind	v Gujarat	Mumbai (BS)	20 Jan 2017
3	A Mukund, S Dhawan	310	1st	Rest of Ind	v Rajasthan	Jaipur	01 Oct 2011
4	W Jaffer, Ganesh Satish	289	3rd	Vidarbha	v Rest of Ind	Nagpur	14 Mar 2018
5	AV Mankad, AL Wadekar	250	2nd	Bombay	v Rest of Ind	Kolkata	19 Dec 1970
6	AD Jadeja, N Kapil Dev	239	5th	Haryana	v Rest of Ind	Faridabad	02 Oct 1991
7	GH Vihari, AM Rahane	229	3rd	Rest of Ind	v Vidarbha	Nagpur	12 Feb 2019
8	A Mukund, M Vijay	227	1st	Rest of Ind	v Mumbai	Nagpur	01 Oct 2009
9	R Dravid, Vijay Yadav	224	6th	Rest of Ind	v Bombay	Mumbai	12 Oct 1994
10	DB Vengsarkar, Yashpal Sharma	222	4th	Rest of Ind	v Karnataka	Bengaluru	16 Sep 1978
11	S Amarnath, S Madanlal	219	7th	Delhi	v Rest of Ind	Delhi	23 Oct 1980
12	VVS Laxman, D Mongia	217	4th	Rest of Ind	v Baroda	Nagpur	13 Oct 2001
13	GH Vihari, J Yadav	216	7th	Rest of Ind	v Vidarbha	Nagpur	14 Mar 2018
14	PK Amre, N Mongia	206	5th	Rest of Ind	v Bengal	Bengaluru	02 Nov 1990
15	WV Raman, VG Kambli	202	2nd	Rest of Ind	v Haryana	Faridabad	02 Oct 1991
16	VVS Laxman, M Kaif	201	4th	Rest of Ind	v Mumbai	Mumbai	13 Oct 2000
17	PA Patel, MK Tiwary	201	5th	Rest of Ind	v Mumbai	Rajkot	06 Oct 2007

It also provides the 13^th occasion of Rest of India batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in Irani Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	RJ Shastri, PK Amre	327	4th	Rest of Ind	v Bengal	Bengaluru	02 Nov 1990
2	CA Pujara, WP Saha	316*	5th	Rest of Ind	v Gujarat	Mumbai (BS)	20 Jan 2017
3	A Mukund, S Dhawan	310	1st	Rest of Ind	v Rajasthan	Jaipur	01 Oct 2011
4	GH Vihari, AM Rahane	229	3rd	Rest of Ind	v Vidarbha	Nagpur	12 Feb 2019
5	A Mukund, M Vijay	227	1st	Rest of Ind	v Mumbai	Nagpur	01 Oct 2009
6	R Dravid, Vijay Yadav	224	6th	Rest of Ind	v Bombay	Mumbai	12 Oct 1994
7	DB Vengsarkar, Yashpal Sharma	222	4th	Rest of Ind	v Karnataka	Bengaluru	16 Sep 1978
8	VVS Laxman, D Mongia	217	4th	Rest of Ind	v Baroda	Nagpur	13 Oct 2001
9	GH Vihari, J Yadav	216	7th	Rest of Ind	v Vidarbha	Nagpur	14 Mar 2018
10	PK Amre, N Mongia	206	5th	Rest of Ind	v Bengal	Bengaluru	02 Nov 1990
11	WV Raman, VG Kambli	202	2nd	Rest of Ind	v Haryana	Faridabad	02 Oct 1991
12	VVS Laxman, M Kaif	201	4th	Rest of Ind	v Mumbai	Mumbai	13 Oct 2000
13	PA Patel, MK Tiwary	201	5th	Rest of Ind	v Mumbai	Rajkot	06 Oct 2007

It also provides the second occasion of batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in Irani Trophy. Both the occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	W Jaffer, Ganesh Satish	289	3rd	Vidarbha	v Rest of Ind	Nagpur	14 Mar 2018
2	GH Vihari, AM Rahane	229	3rd	Rest of Ind	v Vidarbha	Nagpur	12 Feb 2019

It represents the record partnership for the third wicket by Rest of India batsmen. The previous best was the 193 runs partnership between Venkat Sunderam and P Sharma against Bombay at Mumbai in Jan 1978. It is interesting to note that 193 runs partnership between Venkat Sunderam and P Sharma stood as a record for 41 years

No	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	GH Vihari, AM Rahane	229	3rd	Rest of Ind	v Vidarbha	Nagpur	12 Feb 2019
2	V Sunderam, P Sharma	193	3rd	Rest of Ind	v Bombay	Mumbai	27 Jan 1978