Rahul Dravid’s century partnerships with four batsmen – a world record

Rahul Dravid’s century partnerships with four batsmen – a world record

Rahul Dravid owns the record  for most  century partnerships – 84 – in the annals of test cricket. A direct derivative of this world record is yet another world record attributed to India’s greatest batsman at number three. He is the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to partner ten or more century partnerships with four batsmen. He has partnered twenty century partnerships with SR Tendulkar, twelve with VVS Laxman,  ten each with SC Ganguly and V Sehwag. The following table lists the century partnership with these four batsmen

No Partner Wkt Runs Opp Ground Start Date
1 SR Tendulkar 3 170 Win Bridgetown 27 Mar 1997
2 SR Tendulkar 3 163 Win Georgetown 17 Apr 1997
3 SR Tendulkar 3 113 Aus Chennai 06 Mar 1998
4 SR Tendulkar 3 140 Aus Kolkata 18 Mar 1998
5 SR Tendulkar 3 109 NZl Hamilton 02 Jan 1999
6 SR Tendulkar 3 229 NZl Mohali 10 Oct 1999
7 SR Tendulkar 3 213 Zim Delhi 18 Nov 2000
8 SR Tendulkar 3 249 Zim Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
9 SR Tendulkar 5 169 Aus Chennai 18 Mar 2001
10 SR Tendulkar 3 124 Win Port of Spain 19 Apr 2002
11 SR Tendulkar 3 163 Eng Nottingham 08 Aug 2002
12 SR Tendulkar 3 150 Eng Leeds 22 Aug 2002
13 SR Tendulkar 3 138* Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2004
14 SR Tendulkar 3 122 Pak Kolkata 16 Mar 2005
15 SR Tendulkar 1 127 Ban Dhaka 25 May 2007
16 SR Tendulkar 3 139 Aus Perth 16 Jan 2008
17 SR Tendulkar 3 222* Ban Dhaka 24 Jan 2010
18 SR Tendulkar 3 119 Srl Galle 18 Jul 2010
19 SR Tendulkar 3 104 NZl Nagpur 20 Nov 2010
20 SR Tendulkar 3 117 Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2011
             
1 VVS Laxman 5 376 Aus Kolkata 11 Mar 2001
2 VVS Laxman 5 119 Win Georgetown 11 Apr 2002
3 VVS Laxman 5 113 Eng The Oval 05 Sep 2002
4 VVS Laxman 5 105 Win Mumbai 09 Oct 2002
5 VVS Laxman 4 130 NZl Ahmedabad 08 Oct 2003
6 VVS Laxman 5 303 Aus Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
7 VVS Laxman 4 131 Pak Rawalpindi 13 Apr 2004
8 VVS Laxman 3 130 Zim Bulawayo 13 Sep 2005
9 VVS Laxman 2 197 Pak Faisalabad 21 Jan 2006
10 VVS Laxman 2 175 Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2008
11 VVS Laxman 4 140 Win Kolkata 14 Nov 2011
12 VVS Laxman 3 100 Win Basseterre 22 Jun 2006
             
1 SC Ganguly 4 145 SAF Johannesburg 16 Jan 1997
2 SC Ganguly 4 108 SAF Johannesburg 16 Jan 1997
3 SC Ganguly 3 160 Srl Mumbai 03 Dec 1997
4 SC Ganguly 3 194* NZl Hamilton 02 Jan 1999
5 SC Ganguly 4 110* Zim Delhi 18 Nov 2000
6 SC Ganguly 4 135 Eng Nottingham 08 Aug 2002
7 SC Ganguly 4 105 Eng The Oval 05 Sep 2002
8 SC Ganguly 5 182 NZl Ahmedabad 08 Oct 2003
9 SC Ganguly 5 131 Pak Rawalpindi 13 Apr 2004
10 SC Ganguly 3 152 Pak Bengaluru 08 Dec 2007
             
1 V Sehwag 2 126 Eng Lord’s 25 Jul 2002
2 V Sehwag 2 137 Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2003
3 V Sehwag 2 127 SAF Kolkata 28 Nov 2004
4 V Sehwag 2 103 Pak Mohali 08 Mar 2005
5 V Sehwag 1 410 Pak Lahore 13 Jan 2006
6 V Sehwag 2 105* Eng Mohali 09 Mar 2006
7 V Sehwag 3 139 Win Gros Islet 10 Jun 2006
8 V Sehwag 2 268 SAF Chennai 26 Mar 2008
9 V Sehwag 2 237 Srl Mumbai (BS) 02 Dec 2009
10 V Sehwag 2 237 NZl Ahmedabad 04 Nov 2010
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