Six or more double hundred partnerships by opening batsmen : Sehwag joins the select band of ML Hayden, GC Smith and JL Langer

Six or more double hundred partnerships by opening batsmen : Sehwag joins the select band of ML Hayden, GC Smith and JL Langer

Virender Sehwag and M Vijay added 221 runs in the third test at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai for the first wicket which gave V Sehwag, the sixth double hundred stand in his test career which are listed below

V Sehwag
Partners Wkt Runs Opp Ground Mon Yr
SBBangar 1 201 Win Mumbai Oct 02
GGambhir 1 218 SAF Kanpur Nov 04
RDravid 1 410 Pak Lahore Jan 06
WJaffer 1 213 SAF Chennai Mar 08
GGambhir 1 233 Srl Kanpur Nov 09
MVijay 1 221 Srl Mumbai/BS Dec 09

V Sewag became the fourth opening batsman in the world to have six or more double hundred stands for the first wicket. Others are ML Hayden of Australia {07}, GC Smith of South Africa {07} and JL Langer of Australia {06}

ML Hayden
Partners Wkt Runs Opp Ground Mon Yr
JLLanger 1 224 NZl Brisbane Nov 01
JLLanger 1 223 NZl Hobart Nov 01
JLLanger 1 202 SAF Melbourne Dec 01
JLLanger 1 219 SAF Sydney Jan 02
JLLanger 1 242 Win St John’s May 03
JLLanger 1 255 Srl Cairns Jul 04
MEKHussey 1 231 Win Hobart Nov 05
GC Smith
Partners Wkt Runs Opp Ground Mon Yr
HHGibbs 1 368 Pak CapeTown Jan 03
HHGibbs 1 338 Eng Birmingham Jul 03
HHGibbs 1 301 Win Centurion Jan 04
ABdeVilliers 1 217 Zim CapeTown Mar 05
ABdeVilliers 1 245 Win St John’s Apr 05
NDMcKenzie 1 415 Ban Chittagong Feb 08
NDMcKenzie 1 204 Eng Lord’s Jul 08
JL Langer
Partners Wkt Runs Opp Ground Mon Yr
MLHayden 1 224 NZl Brisbane Nov 01
MLHayden 1 223 NZl Hobart Nov 01
MLHayden 1 202 SAF Melbourne Dec 01
MLHayden 1 219 SAF Sydney Jan 02
MLHayden 1 242 Win St John’s May 03
MLHayden 1 255 Srl Cairns Jul 04

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