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A world record for Dravid

By Rajneesh Gupta
May 25, 2007 20:03 IST

Rahul Dravid on Friday got a world record on his name by getting involved in a 106-run partnership with Wasim Jaffer after opener Dinesh Karthik got retired hurt after adding 175 runs for the opening wicket in Mirpur Test.

This was the 65th occasion when Dravid participated in a century partnership - most by any batsman in Test history.

Dravid was at level with Steve Waugh with 64 century partnerships before this Test.

Batsmen with 50 and more century partnerships
100-partnerships Batsman Tests Tests/100-partnership
65 R Dravid (Ind) 109 1.67
64 SR Waugh (Aus) 168 2.62
63 AR Border (Aus) 156 2.47
62 BC Lara (WI) 131 2.11
61 RT Ponting (Aus) 110 1.80
60 SR Tendulkar (Ind) 137 2.28
58 SM Gavaskar (Ind) 125 2.15
50 Javed Miandad (Pak) 124 2.48

Break-up of Dravid's century partnerships (wicket-wise)

1st wicket 2
2nd wicket 23
3rd wicket 20
4th wicket 7
5th wicket 10
6th wicket 1
8th wicket 2

Break-up of Dravid's century partnerships (partner-wise)

SR Tendulkar 14
VVS Laxman 10
SC Ganguly 9
V Sehwag 7
W Jaffer 5
SS Das 3
NS Sidhu 3
D Dasgupta 2
G Gambhir 2
KD Karthik 2
M Azharuddin 1
SB Bangar 1
A Jadeja 1
PA Patel 1
S Ramesh 1
M Kaif 1
Sarandeep Singh 1
J Srinath 1

Rajneesh Gupta

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