Gambhir top-scored with 167 -- his fourth straight Test hundred -- after Sehwag hit an aggressive 131, the pair involved in a 233-run stand for the opening wicket.
Gambhir and Sehwag provided only the sixth instance of both Indian openers scoring a hundred in the same innings.
India closed on their highest total from a day's play, surpassing their previous best of 386 for 1 against South Africa at Chennai in 2007-08.
At stumps, Rahul Dravid was unbeaten on 85 with Sachin Tendulkar, on 20.
|
Runs-wkts |
Day |
Opp |
Venue |
Season |
|
417-2 |
1st |
SL |
Kanpur |
2009-10 |
|
386-1 |
3rd |
SA |
Chennai |
2007-08 |
|
385-6 |
1st |
SL |
Ahmedabad |
2009-10 |
|
378-13 |
2nd |
Eng |
The Oval |
1936# |
|
375-9 |
1st |
NZ |
Wellington |
2008-09 |
|
372-7 |
1st |
SA |
Bloemfontein |
2001-02 |
# involved 2 innings
Both openers scoring hundreds in same innings
| V Merchant (114) | Mushtaq Ali (112) | v Eng | Manchester | 1936 |
| V Mankad (231) | Pankaj Roy (173) | v NZ | Madras | 1955-56 |
| S Gavaskar (172) | K Srikkanth (116) | v Aus | Sydney | 1985-86 |
| V Sehwag (254) | R Dravid (128*) | v Pak | Lahore | 2005-06 |
| D Karthik (129) | W Jaffer (138*) | v Ban | Mirpur | 2007 |
| G Gambhir (167) | V Sehwag (131) | v SL | Kanpur | 2009-10 |
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