W Jaffer and Ganesh Satish forged 289 runs for the third wicket in the ongoing Irani Trophy between Vidarbha and Rest of India to provide the 15^th occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership in the history of Irani Trophy. All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	RJ Shastri, PK Amre	327	4th	RoI	Ben	Bengaluru	02 Nov 1990
2	CA Pujara, WP Saha	316*	5th	RoI	Guj	Mumbai (BS)	20 Jan 2017
3	A Mukund, S Dhawan	310	1st	RoI	Raj	Jaipur	01 Oct 2011
4	W Jaffer, Ganesh Satish	289	3rd	Vid	RoI	Nagpur	14 Mar 2018
5	AV Mankad, AL Wadekar	250	2nd	Bom	RoI	Kolkata	19 Dec 1970
6	A Jadeja, Kapil Dev	239	5th	Har	RoI	Faridabad	02 Oct 1991
7	A Mukund, M Vijay	227	1st	RoI	Mum	Nagpur	01 Oct 2009
8	V Rathour, R Dravid,	224	6th	RoI	Bom	Mumbai	12 Oct 1994
9	DB Vengsarkar, Yashpal Sharma	222	4th	RoI	Kar	Bengaluru	16 Sep 1978
10	S Amarnath, S Madanlal	219	7th	Del	RoI	Delhi	23 Oct 1980
11	VVS Laxman, D Mongia	217	4th	RoI	Bar	Nagpur	13 Oct 2001
12	PK Amre, N Mongia	206	5th	RoI	Ben	Bengaluru	02 Nov 1990
13	WV Raman, VG Kambli	202	2nd	RoI	Har	Faridabad	02 Oct 1991
14	VVS Laxman, M Kaif	201	4th	RoI	Mum	Mumbai	13 Oct 2000
15	PA Patel, MK Tiwary	201	5th	RoI	Mum	Rajkot	06 Oct 2007

It also represents the highest partnership for the third wicket in the tournament. Previous best was 193 runs partnership between TE Srinivasan and P Sharma for Rest of India vs Bombay at Mumbai in 1978. Thus W Jaffer and Ganesh Satish rewrote a 40-year-old record in the tournament. Their stand of 289 runs is also the first partnership of 200 plus runs for the third wicket in the tournament.

No	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	W Jaffer, Ganesh Satish	289	3rd	Vid	RoI	Nagpur	14 Mar 2018
2	TE Srinivasan, P Sharma	193	3rd	RoI	Bombay	Mumbai	27 Jan 1978

W Jaffer and Ganesh Satish forged 289 runs for the third wicket in the ongoing Irani Trophy between Vidarbha and Rest of India to provide the fourth occasion of Ranji Trophy Champions batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership in the history of Irani Trophy. All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	W Jaffer, Ganesh Satish	289	3rd	Vid	RoI	Nagpur	14 Mar 2018
2	AV Mankad, AL Wadekar	250	2nd	Bom	RoI	Kolkata	19 Dec 1970
3	A Jadeja, Kapil Dev	239	5th	Har	RoI	Faridabad	02 Oct 1991
4	S Amarnath, S Madanlal	219	7th	Del	RoI	Delhi	23 Oct 1980

It also represents the highest partnership for any wicket by Ranji Trophy Champions batsmen in the tournament. The previous best was 250 runs for the second wicket between AV Mankad and AL Wadekar of  Bombay vs Rest of India at Kolkata in 1970. Thus W Jaffer and Ganesh Satish rewrote a 48-year-old record of highest partnership by Ranji Trophy Champions in the tournament

Nov	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	W Jaffer, Ganesh Satish	289	3rd	Vid	RoI	Nagpur	14 Mar 2018
2	AV Mankad, AL Wadekar	250	2nd	Bom	RoI	Kolkata	19 Dec 1970