Batsmen posting 300 plus runs for the first wicket in an innings in the annals of Test cricket

Batsmen posting 300 plus runs for the first wicket in an innings in the annals of Test cricket

MA Agarwal and RG Sharma posted 317 runs for the first wicket in the ongoing test against South Africa at Vizag to provide the 14th occasion of batsmen posting 300 plus runs for the first wicket in a Test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 JB Hobbs, W Rhodes 1 323 2 Eng Aus Melbourne 09 Feb 1912
2 L Hutton, C Washbrook 1 359 1 Eng SAF Johannesburg 27 Dec 1948
3 MH Mankad, P Roy 1 413 1 Ind NZl Chennai 06 Jan 1956
4 WM Lawry, RB Simpson 1 382 1 Aus Win Bridgetown 05 May 1965
5 TW Jarvis, GM Turner 1 387 2 NZl Win Georgetown 06 Apr 1972
6 GR Marsh, MA Taylor 1 329 1 Aus Eng Nottingham 10 Aug 1989
7 MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya 1 335 1 Srl Pak Kandy 28 Jun 2000
8 HH Gibbs, GC Smith 1 368 1 SAF Pak Cape Town 2 Jan 2003
9 HH Gibbs, GC Smith 1 338 1 SAF Eng Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
10 HH Gibbs, GC Smith 1 301 1 SAF Win Centurion 16 Jan 2004
11 R Dravid, V Sehwag 1 410 2 Ind Pak Lahore 13 Jan 2006
12 ND McKenzie, GC Smith 1 415 1 SAF Ban Chattogram 29 Feb 2008
13 Imrul Kayes, Tamim Iqbal 1 312 3 Ban Pak Khulna 28 Apr 2015
14 MA Agarwal, RG Sharma 1 317 1 Ind SAF Visakhapatnam 02 Oct 2019
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