Indian openers posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in a Test innings

Indian openers posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in a Test innings

MA Agarwal and RG Sharma added 202 runs in an unfinished partnership on the first day of this test to provide the 13th occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in Test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 VM Merchant, S Mushtaq Ali 1 203 3 v England Manchester 25 Jul 1936
2 MH Mankad, P Roy 1 413 1 v New Zealand Chennai 06 Jan 1956
3 CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar 1 213 4 v England The Oval 30 Aug 1979
4 SM Gavaskar, K Srikkanth 1 200 2 v Pakistan Chennai 03 Feb 1987
5 SB Bangar, V Sehwag 1 201 1 v West Indies Mumbai 09 Oct 2002
6 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 1 218 2 v South Africa Kanpur 20 Nov 2004
7 R Dravid, V Sehwag 1 410 2 v Pakistan Lahore 13 Jan 2006
8 W Jaffer, V Sehwag 1 213 2 v South Africa Chennai 26 Mar 2008
9 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 1 233 1 v Sri Lanka Kanpur 24 Nov 2009
10 V Sehwag, M Vijay 1 221 2 v Sri Lanka Mum-BS 02 Dec 2009
11 S Dhawan, M Vijay 1 289 2 v Australia Mohali 14 Mar 2013
12 S Dhawan, M Vijay 1 283 1 v Bangladesh Fatullah 10 Jun 2015
13 MA Agarwal, RG Sharma 1 202* 1 v South Africa Vizag 02 Oct 2019

It also provides the fifth occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in the first innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 MH Mankad, P Roy 1 413 1 v New Zealand Chennai 06 Jan 1956
2 SB Bangar, V Sehwag 1 201 1 v West Indies Mumbai 09 Oct 2002
3 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 1 233 1 v Sri Lanka Kanpur 24 Nov 2009
4 S Dhawan, M Vijay 1 283 1 v Bangladesh Fatullah 10 Jun 2015
5 MA Agarwal, RG Sharma 1 202* 1 v South Africa Vizag 02 Oct 2019

It also provides the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 1 218 2 v South Africa Kanpur 20 Nov 2004
2 W Jaffer, V Sehwag 1 213 2 v South Africa Chennai 26 Mar 2008
3 MA Agarwal, RG Sharma 1 202* 1 v South Africa Vizag 02 Oct 2019
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