Indian batsmen post Fifty 200 plus runs partnerships on home soil

Indian batsmen post Fifty 200 plus runs partnerships on home soil

DC Jurel and RA Jadeja posted 206 runs partnership for the fifth wicket in the just concluded test against West Indies at Ahmedabad to provide the 50th occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in an innings for various wickets against various oppositions on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPartnersWktRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
1VS Hazare, VM Merchant32112v EnglandDelhi02 Nov 1951
2VL Manjrekar, PR Umrigar32381v New ZealandHyd-LBS)19 Nov 1955
3MH Mankad, P Roy14131v New ZealandChennai06 Jan 1956
4SM Gavaskar, DB Vengsarkar2344*3v West IndiesEden Gardens29 Dec 1978
5GR Viswanath, Yashpal Sharma33161v EnglandChennai13 Jan 1982
6SMH Kirmani, RJ Shastri72352v EnglandWankhede28 Nov 1984
7M Azharuddin, RJ Shastri52141v EnglandEden Gardens31 Dec 1984
8RJ Shastri, DB Vengsarkar6298*2v AustraliaWankhede15 Oct 1986
9M Azharuddin, N Kapil Dev62722v Sri LankaKanpur17 Dec 1986
10SM Gavaskar, K Srikkanth12002v PakistanChennai03 Feb 1987
11M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar52021v West IndiesNagpur01 Dec 1994
12SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar42561v Sri LankaWankhede03 Dec 1997
13R Dravid, SR Tendulkar32293v New ZealandMohali10 Oct 1999
14SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar42811v New ZealandAhmedabad29 Oct 1999
15R Dravid, SR Tendulkar32132v ZimbabweDelhi18 Nov 2000
16R Dravid, SR Tendulkar32491v ZimbabweNagpur25 Nov 2000
17R Dravid, VVS Laxman53763v AustraliaEden Gardens11 Mar 2001
18SB Bangar, V Sehwag12011v West IndiesWankhede09 Oct 2002
19VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar52143v West IndiesEden Gardens30 Oct 2002
20G Gambhir, V Sehwag12182v South AfricaKanpur20 Nov 2004
21SC Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh53001v PakistanBengaluru08 Dec 2007
22W Jaffer, V Sehwag12132v South AfricaChennai26 Mar 2008
23R Dravid, V Sehwag22682v South AfricaChennai26 Mar 2008
24G Gambhir, VVS Laxman42781v AustraliaDelhi29 Oct 2008
25R Dravid, G Gambhir23141v EnglandMohali19 Dec 2008
26MS Dhoni, R Dravid62241v Sri LankaAhmedabad16 Nov 2009
27G Gambhir, V Sehwag12331v Sri LankaKanpur24 Nov 2009
28V Sehwag, M Vijay12212v Sri LankaBrabourne02 Dec 2009
29R Dravid, V Sehwag22372v Sri LankaBrabourne02 Dec 2009
30V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar32492v South AfricaEden Gardens14 Feb 2010
31MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman7259*2v South AfricaEden Gardens14 Feb 2010
32SR Tendulkar, M Vijay33082v AustraliaBengaluru09 Oct 2010
33R Dravid, V Sehwag22371v New ZealandAhmedabad04 Nov 2010
34MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman72241v West IndiesEden Gardens14 Nov 2011
35CA Pujara, M Vijay23702v AustraliaHyderabad02 Mar 2013
36S Dhawan, M Vijay12892v AustraliaMohali14 Mar 2013
37R Ashwin, RG Sharma72802v West IndiesEden Gardens06 Nov 2013
38V Kohli, AM Rahane43651v New ZealandIndore08 Oct 2016
39CA Pujara, M Vijay22092v EnglandRajkot09 Nov 2016
40V Kohli, CA Pujara32261v EnglandVisakhapatnam17 Nov 2016
41V Kohli, J Yadav82412v EnglandWankhede08 Dec 2016
42V Kohli, AM Rahane42221v BangladeshHyderabad09 Feb 2017
43CA Pujara, M Vijay22092v Sri LankaNagpur24 Nov 2017
44V Kohli, M Vijay32831v Sri LankaDelhi02 Dec 2017
45CA Pujara, PP Shaw22061v West IndiesRajkot04 Oct 2018
46MA Agarwal, RG Sharma13171v South AfricaVisakhapatnam02 Oct 2019
47RA Jadeja, V Kohli52251v South AfricaPune10 Oct 2019
48AM Rahane, RG Sharma42671v South AfricaRanchi19 Oct 2019
49RA Jadeja, RG Sharma42041v EnglandRajkot15 Feb 2024
50RA Jadeja, DC Jurel52062v West IndiesAhmedabad02 Oct 2025

It is interesting to note that a partnership of identical runs – 206 runs – was posted for the second wicket between CA Pujara-PP Shaw against West Indies at Rajkot during the same week of October seven years back. Rajkot Test had a start date of 04 Oct 2018

Indian batsmen posted a 200 plus runs partnership in a test match which had a similar start date of 02 October but six years back. MA Agarwal and RG Sharma posted 317 runs partnership against South Africa at Visakhapatnam which had a start date of 02 Oct 2019

There are two more occasions of India posting a 200 plus runs partnerships on home soil in a test which had the same date and month but different years in the month of October

NoPartnersWktRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
1SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar42811v New ZealandAhmedabad29 Oct 1999
2G Gambhir, VVS Laxman42781v AustraliaDelhi29 Oct 2008
        
1SB Bangar, V Sehwag12011v West IndiesWankhede09 Oct 2002
2SR Tendulkar, M Vijay33082v AustraliaBengaluru09 Oct 2010
        
1MA Agarwal, RG Sharma13171v South AfricaVisakhapatnam02 Oct 2019
2RA Jadeja, DC Jurel52062v West IndiesAhmedabad02 Oct 2025

The following table lists the 200 plus runs partnerships posted by Indian batsmen for various wickets against various oppositions in a test on home soil which was played in the month of October

NoPartnersWktRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
1RJ Shastri, DB Vengsarkar6298*2v AustraliaWankhede15 Oct 1986
2SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar42811v New ZealandAhmedabad29 Oct 1999
3SB Bangar, V Sehwag12011v West IndiesWankhede09 Oct 2002
4VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar52143v West IndiesEden Gardens30 Oct 2002
5G Gambhir, V Sehwag12182v South AfricaKanpur20 Nov 2004
6G Gambhir, VVS Laxman42781v AustraliaDelhi29 Oct 2008
7SR Tendulkar, M Vijay33082v AustraliaBengaluru09 Oct 2010
8V Kohli, AM Rahane43651v New ZealandIndore08 Oct 2016
9CA Pujara, PP Shaw22061v West IndiesRajkot04 Oct 2018
10MA Agarwal, RG Sharma13171v South AfricaVisakhapatnam02 Oct 2019
11RA Jadeja, V Kohli52251v South AfricaPune10 Oct 2019
12AM Rahane, RG Sharma42671v South AfricaRanchi19 Oct 2019
13RA Jadeja, DC Jurel52062v West IndiesAhmedabad02 Oct 2025
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