It takes great understanding between batters to perform in a complementary manner and support each other to score big for their teams. Great partnerships win matches and are, sometimes, crucial in saving Test matches. Moreover, 100 is always a special number, and two batters contributing 100-plus runs in partnerships is a milestone of its own.
This article will list the top ten Indian pairs in Test cricket with the most number of 100 runs partnerships.
Most 100 Partnerships by an Indian Pair in Test Cricket
| Partners | Century Partnerships | Highest Partnership |
|---|---|---|
| Rahul Dravid - Sachin Tendulkar | 20 | 249 |
| Rahul Dravid - VVS Laxman | 12 | 376 |
| Sourav Ganguly - Sachin Tendulkar | 12 | 281 |
| Chetan Chauhan - Sunil Gavaskar | 11 | 213 |
| Gautam Gambhir - Virender Sehwag | 11 | 233 |
| Mohinder Amarnath - Sunil Gavaskar | 10 | 224 |
| Rahul Dravid - Sourav Ganguly | 10 | 194* |
| Rahul Dravid - Virender Sehwag | 10 | 410 |
| Sunil Gavaskar - Dilip Vengsarkar | 10 | 344* |
| Virat Kohli - Ajinkya Rahane | 10 | 365 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara - Murali Vijay | 10 | 370 |
Key Insights
Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar stitched 20 century partnerships, the most by a pair for India in Tests. This is also the most 100-plus run stands by any pair in the format. You can find all their 100+ partnership scores in this article.
Dravid and Tendulkar also scored 6920 runs while batting together, the most partnership runs by a pair in the longest format.
Dravid and Tendulkar had 49 fifty-plus run stands while batting in tandem, the most by a pair for India in Tests.
Dravid featured in five or more century partnerships with six different partners, the most by an Indian batter in Tests.
Four of the 20 stands between Dravid and Tendulkar were of 200 or more runs, the joint-most by an Indian pair in Tests. Dravid also had four double-century partnerships with Virender Sehwag, while Tendulkar shared four more with Sourav Ganguly.
Dravid and VVS Laxman are the only Indian pair to forge two triple-century partnerships in Test cricket. Both their partnerships came for the fifth wicket, making them the only pair to do so in the longest format. Their 376-run stand helped India win the 2001 Kolkata after following on, while the other partnership of 303 led India to a four-wicket victory after conceding a first-innings deficit in the 2003 Adelaide Test.
Only two Indian pairs have stitched a 400-plus run stand in Tests. The 413-run partnership between Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy against New Zealand in the 1956 Chennai Test is the highest for India in this format. Dravid and Sehwag are the other pair, with their 410-run alliance against Pakistan in the 2006 Lahore Test.
Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir scored the most century partnerships as an opening pair for India in Tests, stitching 11 in 87 innings. Their 4412 partnership runs are also the most by an Indian opening pair in the longest format. Overall, Sehwag and Gambhir occupy the fifth spot among all opening pairs.
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