SR Watson and RT Ponting added 141 runs for the second wicket in the first test between India and Australia at Mohali providing 79th occasion of RT Ponting to be one of the partners in a three-figure partnership. Only R Dravid with 82 three-figure partnerships to his credit has more such partnerships then RT Ponting

The break up of partnerships – partner wise and wicket wise are furnished below

RT Ponting’s Three figure Partnerships with various partners
No	Partner	Inns	NO	Runs	High	Ave	100
1	ML Hayden	76	5	4765	272	67.11	16
2	JL Langer	48	6	3451	327	82.16	14
3	SM Katich	40	1	1974	239	50.61	7
4	SR Waugh	36	1	2136	281	61.02	7
5	MEK Hussey	36	2	1837	209	54.02	6
6	DR Martyn	29	1	1666	242	59.50	4
7	AC Gilchrist	13	1	954	171	79.50	4
8	ME Waugh	25	2	1216	221	52.86	3
9	DS Lehmann	4	0	604	315	151.00	3
10	MJ Clarke	19	1	1259	352	69.94	3
11	MA Taylor	9	1	547	168*	68.37	2
12	SR Watson	14	0	581	141	41.50	2
13	SK Warne	13	1	409	145	34.08	1
14	PA Jaques	8	0	407	114	50.87	1
15	IA Healy	12	0	327	105	27.25	1
16	MTG Elliott	2	0	284	268	142.00	1
17	BJ Hodge	6	1	297	119	59.40	1
18	SG Law	1	0	121	121	121.00	1
19	JN Gillespie	6	1	318	107	63.60	1
20	PJ Hughes	3	0	242	164	80.66	1
	Total						79

RT Ponting’s three figure partnerships – Wicket wise break up
No	Partner	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ML Hayden	2	272	1	v England	Brisbane	Nov 2002
2	JL Langer	2	248	2	v West Indies	Georgetown	Apr 2003
3	SM Katich	2	239	2	v England	Cardiff	Jul 2009
4	ML Hayden	2	234	2	v India	Melbourne	Dec 2003
5	ML Hayden	2	201	3	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2006
6	SM Katich	2	191	3	v Pakistan	Hobart	Jan 2010
7	ML Hayden	2	187	3	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 2005
8	ML Hayden	2	184	1	v Pakistan	Sharjah	Oct 2002
9	JL Langer	2	183	1	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	Oct 2002
10	ML Hayden	2	182	4	v South Africa	Sydney	Jan 2006
11	SM Katich	2	166	1	v India	Bangalore	Oct 2008
12	PJ Hughes	2	164	3	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2009
13	JL Langer	2	163	3	v Pakistan	Perth	Dec 2004
14	ML Hayden	2	154	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	Mar 2006
15	ML Hayden	2	152	1	v South Africa	Melbourne	Dec 2005
16	ML Hayden	2	151*	4	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	Oct 2003
17	JL Langer	2	148*	4	v New Zealand	Auckland	Mar 2005
18	ML Hayden	2	144	3	v England	Perth	Dec 2006
19	SR Watson	2	141	1	v India	Mohali	Oct 2010
20	ML Hayden	2	140	3	v India	Brisbane	Dec 2003
21	SM Katich	2	136	1	v West Indies	North Sound	May 2008
22	JL Langer	2	134*	3	v England	Brisbane	Nov 2006
23	MA Taylor	2	126	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 1996
24	SM Katich	2	126	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 2009
25	ML Hayden	2	122	3	v ICC World XI	Sydney	Oct 2005
26	SR Watson	2	119	2	v England	Leeds	Aug 2009
27	ML Hayden	2	116*	4	v Pakistan	Melbourne	Dec 2004
28	JL Langer	2	114	2	v West Indies	Adelaide	Nov 2005
29	PA Jaques	2	114	1	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	Nov 2007
30	JL Langer	2	113	1	v India	Adelaide	Dec 2003
31	JL Langer	2	111	1	v South Africa	Perth	Dec 2005
32	JL Langer	2	110*	4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	Mar 2005
33	ML Hayden	2	109	4	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	Apr 2006
34	JL Langer	2	108	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	May 2003
35	SM Katich	2	107	1	v South Africa	Melbourne	Dec 2008
36	ML Hayden	2	106	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	Apr 2003
37	ML Hayden	2	104	3	v England	Leeds	Aug 2001
38	JL Langer	2	103	1	v New Zealand	Adelaide	Nov 2004
39	JL Langer	2	102	1	v South Africa	Adelaide	Dec 2001
1	DS Lehmann	3	315	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	Apr 2003
2	DR Martyn	3	242	2	v England	Adelaide	Nov 2002
3	ME Waugh	3	221	1	v England	Leeds	Aug 2001
4	DR Martyn	3	174	2	v Pakistan	Sydney	Jan 2005
5	DS Lehmann	3	141	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	May 2003
6	MEK Hussey	3	137	1	v West Indies	Kingston	May 2008
7	MEK Hussey	3	127	4	v England	The Oval	Aug 2009
8	ME Waugh	3	108	1	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2002
9	MEK Hussey	3	106	2	v New Zealand	Adelaide	Nov 2008
10	DR Martyn	3	103	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	Mar 2005
11	DR Martyn	3	101	1	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2006
1	MJ Clarke	4	352	1	v Pakistan	Hobart	Jan 2010
2	MJ Clarke	4	210	2	v India	Adelaide	Jan 2008
3	MEK Hussey	4	209	1	v England	Brisbane	Nov 2006
4	MEK Hussey	4	192	2	v England	Adelaide	Dec 2006
5	AC Gilchrist	4	171	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	Apr 2003
6	SR Waugh	4	135	2	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	Oct 2003
7	MEK Hussey	4	130	2	v South Africa	Sydney	Jan 2006
8	DS Lehmann	4	121	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	Mar 2004
9	BJ Hodge	4	119	1	v West Indies	Kingston	May 2008
10	MJ Clarke	4	113	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	Feb 2009
1	JL Langer	5	327	2	v Pakistan	Perth	Nov 1999
2	SR Waugh	5	281	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	Mar 1999
3	MTG Elliott	5	268	2	v England	Leeds	Jul 1997
4	SR Waugh	5	239	1	v India	Adelaide	Dec 1999
5	JL Langer	5	190	2	v India	Sydney	Jan 2000
6	MA Taylor	5	168*	1	v Pakistan	Peshawar	Oct 1998
7	AC Gilchrist	5	153	2	v Pakistan	Sydney	Jan 2005
8	SR Waugh	5	145	1	v South Africa	Melbourne	Dec 1997
9	SM Katich	5	138	1	v India	Adelaide	Dec 2003
10	SR Waugh	5	132	2	v West Indies	Sydney	Jan 2001
11	ME Waugh	5	123	2	v West Indies	Adelaide	Dec 2000
12	SG Law	5	121	2	v Sri Lanka	Perth	Dec 1995
13	SR Waugh	5	115	1	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	Dec 1995
14	SR Waugh	5	112	1	v India	Kolkata	Mar 1998
15	AC Gilchrist	5	104	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 2005
1	AC Gilchrist	6	144	1	v India	Melbourne	Dec 1999
2	IA Healy	6	105	3	v England	Nottingham	Aug 1997
1	SK Warne	7	145	1	v New Zealand	Hobart	Nov 2001
1	JN Gillespie	8	107	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	Sep 1999