Interesting statistical titbit has emerged while compiling the stats of India and Australia Test Series.

Interesting statistical titbit has emerged while compiling the stats of India and Australia Test Series.

Highest partnership for each wicket is held by Indian batsmen for nine wickets out of the ten wickets in India and Australia Test series.  The only wicket partnership which is not in the name of the Indian batsmen is for the fourth wicket. The following table lists the highest partnership for each wicket in the series.

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIP FOR EACH WICKET – SERIES
NoPartnersWktRunsITeamOppGroundiStart Date
01S Dhawan, M Vijay0128902Indv AusMohali14 Mar 2013
02CA Pujara, M Vijay0237002Indv AusHyderabad02 Mar 2013
03SR Tendulkar, M Vijay0330802Indv AusBengaluru09 Oct 2010
04MJ Clarke, RT Ponting0438601Ausv IndAdelaide24 Jan 2012
05R Dravid, VVS Laxman0537603Indv AusEden Gardens11 Mar 2001
06RJ Shastri, DB Vengsarkar06298*02Indv AusWankhede15 Oct 1986
07RA Jadeja, RR Pant0720401Indv AusSydney03 Jan 2019
08Harbhajan Singh, SR Tendulkar0812902Indv AusSydney02 Jan 2008
09MS Dhoni, B Kumar0914002Indv AusChennai22 Feb 2013
10SM Gavaskar, NS Yadav1009403Indv AusAdelaide13 Dec 1985

It is also interesting to note that there are four three hundred plus runs partnership for second, third, fourth and fifth wicket and there are seven 200 plus runs partnerships for the first seven wickets.

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