India’s 200 plus runs partnerships against Sri Lanka

India’s 200 plus runs partnerships against Sri Lanka

India posted 283 runs for the third wicket between M Vijay and V Kohli in the ongoing third test at Delhi against Sri Lanka to provide the 14th occasion of India posting a 200 plus runs partnership against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 M Azharuddin, N Kapil Dev 6 272 2 v Sri Lanka Kanpur 17 Dec 1986
2 M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar 4 221 1 v Sri Lanka Col-RPS 02 Aug 1997
3 SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar 4 256 1 v Sri Lanka Mumbai 03 Dec 1997
4 R Dravid, S Ramesh 2 232 1 v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 24 Feb 1999
5 MS Dhoni, R Dravid 6 224 1 v Sri Lanka Ahmedabad 16 Nov 2009
6 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 1 233 1 v Sri Lanka Kanpur 24 Nov 2009
7 V Sehwag, M Vijay 1 221 2 v Sri Lanka Mum-BS 02 Dec 2009
8 R Dravid, V Sehwag 2 237 2 v Sri Lanka Mum-BS 02 Dec 2009
9 SK Raina, SR Tendulkar 5 256 2 v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 26 Jul 2010
10 S Dhawan, V Kohli 3 227 2 v Sri Lanka Galle 12 Aug 2015
11 S Dhawan, CA Pujara 2 253 1 v Sri Lanka Galle 26 Jul 2017
12 CA Pujara, AM Rahane 4 217 1 v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 03 Aug 2017
13 CA Pujara, M Vijay 2 209 2 v Sri Lanka Nagpur 24 Nov 2017
14 V Kohli, M Vijay 3 283 1 v Sri Lanka Delhi 02 Dec 2017

This partnership represents the second 200 plus runs partnership for third wicket by Indian batsmen against Sri Lanka and also represents the highest partnership for the third wicket. The previous best was the 227 runs partnership between S  Dhawan and V Kohli at Galle in August 2015

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 V Kohli, M Vijay 3 283 1 v Sri Lanka Delhi 02 Dec 2017
2 S Dhawan, V Kohli 3 227 2 v Sri Lanka Galle 12 Aug 2015
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