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India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2018 Super Four: India captain Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan have been in good form in limited overs cricket for the country. Once again they rose to the occasion in the big match against arch-rivals Pakistan. The two notched up their 13th ODI century run stand to go past Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, who have registered 12 stands in the three-figure mark. Topping the list is Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly with 21 opening 100-run stands. It is a great league to be a part off for the current crop of Indian openers.
Most 100+ opening partnerships for India:
21 S Tendulkar – S Ganguly
13 R SHARMA – S DHAWAN
12 S Tendulkar – V Sehwag
Meanwhile, Dhawan and Rohit is the first Indian opening pair to put together two 100+ opening stands against Pakistan. Before today they scored 136 in Edgbaston in CT 2017.
13th – 100+ opening stand for Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma in 82 inns.
Only Ganguly-Tendulkar (21) in 136 inns, Gilchrist-Hayden (16) in 114 and Greenidge-Haynes (15) in 102, have got more.#AsiaCup2018#PakvInd#INDvsPAK— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) September 23, 2018
Overall, the two are fourth in the list and Sachin and Sourav are atop. The legendary Indians are followed by the Australian greats Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden who have 16 hundred-run stands together.
Most 100+ opening partnerships overall:
21 S Tendulkar – S Ganguly
16 A Gilchrist – M Hayden
15 G Greenidge – D Haynes
13 R SHARMA – S DHAWAN
12 S Tendulkar – V Sehwag
Highest opening p’ship for India vs Pak:
159 S Ganguly – S Tendulkar Dhaka 1998
155 G Gambhir – V Sehwag Mirpur 2008
154 S Gavaskar – M Prabhakar Jamshedpur 1987
152 R SHARMA – S DHAWAN Dubai 2018
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