Highest seventh-wicket partnership against India

The unbeaten match-winning partnership of 126 runs between Mahela Jayawardene and Upul Chandana at Dambulla on Wednesday is the highest ever partnership for the seventh wicket against India.

The pair obliterated the previous record stand of 114 between South Africa's Mark Boucher and Lance Klusener at Nagpur in 1999-00.

The following table has the details of highest seventh wicket-partnerships against India:

Players		Runs	For	Vs	Venue	Season
DPMD Jayawardene	UDU Chandana	126*	SL	Ind	Dambulla	2005
MV Boucher	L Klusener	114	SAf	Ind	Nagpur	1999-00
SR Waugh	GC Dyer	102*	Aus	Ind	Delhi (FSK)	1986-87
Shoaib Malik	Moin Khan	99	Pak	Ind	Lahore	2003-04
HH Streak	SM Ervine	93*	Zim	Ind	Hobart (BO)	2003-04
MA Ouma	B Patel	92	Ken	Ind	Rose Bowl	2004
MP Vaughan	AF Giles	92	Eng	Ind	Lord's	2004
MW Gatting	PR Downton	86*	Eng	Ind	Pune	1984-85
ADR Campbell	AR Whittall	81	Zim	Ind	Sharjah	1998-99

The 126-run

unbeaten partnership between Jayawardene and Chandana is in fact the second highest for the seventh wicket in all ODIs.

The details:

Players		Runs	For	Vs	Venue	Season
A Flower	HH Streak	130	Zim	Eng	Harare	2001-02
DPMD Jayawardene	UDU Chandana	126*	SL	Ind	Dambulla	2005
Yousuf Youhana	Rashid Latif	124	Pak	Aus	Cardiff	2001
TM Odoyo	AO Suji	119	Ken	Zim	Aga Khan S.C.	1997-98
PJL Dujon	MD Marshall	115	WI	Pak	Gujranwala	1986-87
AC Parore	LK Germon	115	NZ	Pak	Sharjah	1996-97