150 plus runs partnerships for the first wicket in the history of Vijay Hazare Trophy

150 plus runs partnerships for the first wicket in the history of Vijay Hazare Trophy

MA Agarwal and KK Nair of Karnataka added 155 runs for the first wicket against Maharashtra at Delhi on 24.02.18 to provide the 29th occasion of batsmen posting 150 plus runs for the first wicket in the history of Vijay Hazare Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below

Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Match Date
A Chopra, S Dhawan 277* 1st Delhi v Punjab Delhi 28 Feb 2008
PSK Gupta, S Chaudhary 249 1st U. Pradesh v Maharashtra Cuttack 03 Mar 2017
AM Hegde, VA Jagadeesh 241 1st Kerala v Hyderabad Chennai 11 Feb 2010
A Chopra, S Dhawan 208* 1st Delhi v Services Delhi 05 Mar 2008
KL Rahul, RV Uthappa 206 1st Karnataka v Hyderabad Porvorim 18 Feb 2013
SP Jackson, AA Barot 202* 1st Saurashtra v Goa Rajkot 12 Dec 2015
SP Goswami, AR Easwaran 198 1st Bengal v Jharkhand Delhi 18 Mar 2017
KS Bharat, K Ashwin Hebbar 192 1st Andhra v Gujarat Chennai 12 Feb 2018
MA Agarwal, KK Nair 190 1st Karnataka v Odisha Alur 13 Feb 2018
S Anirudha, M Vijay 185 1st Tamil Nadu v Kerala Malappuram 16 Feb 2011
FY Fazal, JM Sharma 183 1st Vidarbha v U. Pradesh Jaipur 05 Mar 2014
SN Khanolkar, SB Bangar 182 1st Railways v Vidarbha Kanpur 14 Feb 2011
S Anirudha, A Mukund 177 1st Tamil Nadu v M. Pradesh Rajkot 27 Feb 2010
DS Jadhav, P Aziz 176 1st Assam v Bengal Cuttack 14 Feb 2010
Manish Sharma, RG Sharma 171 1st Rajasthan v U. Pradesh Kanpur 26 Feb 2008
RD Gaikwad, VH Zol 167 1st Maharashtra v H. Pradesh Cuttack 25 Feb 2017
KH Devdhar, AA Waghmode 165 1st Baroda v Assam Alur (3) 16 Feb 2018
RV Uthappa, MA Agarwal 162 1st Karnataka v Punjab Ahmedabad 25 Nov 2014
W Jaffer, AM Rahane 159 1st Mumbai v Baroda Poona 27 Feb 2008
KH Devdhar, AA Waghmode 159 1st Baroda v Andhra Delhi 11 Dec 2015
SP Pattnaik, AR Sarangi 157 1st Odisha v Haryana Delhi 25 Feb 2017
MA Agarwal, KK Nair 155 1st Karnataka v Maharashtra Delhi 24 Feb 2018
Tahir Khan, Sumit Singh 154 1st Services v Punjab Gurgaon 16 Feb 2010
AO Bandy, SP Khajuria 154 1st J + K v Services Secunderabad 11 Feb 2018
R Inder Singh, C Madan 153* 1st Punjab v Haryana Dharamsala 13 Feb 2013
S Dhawan, UBT Chand 153 1st Delhi v Punjab Sirsa 12 Feb 2010
S Anirudha, A Mukund 153 1st Tamil Nadu v Hyderabad Chennai 13 Feb 2010
SP Wakaskar, KH Devdhar 152 1st Baroda v Mumbai Rajkot 27 Feb 2014
TL Suman, DB Ravi Teja 151 1st Hyderabad v Tamil Nadu Bangalore 26 Feb 2012

It also provides the fourth occasion of Karnataka batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in the tournament. All such occasions are listed below. It is noted with interest that out of the four occasions, MA Agarwal is one of the partners on three occasions

Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Match Date
KL Rahul, RV Uthappa 206 1st Karnataka v Hyderabad Porvorim 18 Feb 2013
MA Agarwal, KK Nair 190 1st Karnataka v Odisha Alur 13 Feb 2018
RV Uthappa, MA Agarwal 162 1st Karnataka v Punjab Ahmedabad 25 Nov 2014
MA Agarwal, KK Nair 155 1st Karnataka v Maharashtra Delhi 24 Feb 2018
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