Highest partnerships in Tests

Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid set the best-ever partnership for any wicket for India against Pakistan on day four of the first Test in Lahore on Monday.

They eclipsed the 336-run stand set by Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar at Multan in the first Test of the last series in Pakistan in 2004.

Sehwag had then scored 309 while Tendulkar was unbeaten with 194.

The makeshift opening pair is now on the threshold of eclipsing the highest opening partnership -- Pankaj Roy and Vinoo Mankad's 413, set against New Zealand, in Chennai in 1955/56.  

By close on day 4 of the ongoing Test, they were engaged in an unfinished partnership of 403. Sehwag was batting on 247 while skipper Dravid was unbeaten on 128.   

A look at the top opening partnerships in Tests:

Highest opening partnerships for India

Runs	Players		Vs	Venue	Season
413	MH Mankad	Pankaj Roy	NZ	Madras	1955-56
403*	V Sehwag	R Dravid	Pak	Lahore	2005-06
218	V Sehwag	G Gambhir	SAf	Kanpur	2004-05
213	SM Gavaskar	CPS Chauhan	Eng	The Oval	1979
203	VM Merchant	Mushtaq Ali	Eng	Manchester	1936
201	SB Bangar	V Sehwag	WI	Mumbai	2002-03
200	SM Gavaskar	K Srikkanth	Pak	Chennai	1986-87

Highest partnerships for India

Runs	Wkt	Players		For	Vs	Venue	Season
413	1st	MH Mankad	Pankaj Roy	Ind	NZ	Madras	1955-56
403*	1st	V Sehwag	R Dravid	Ind	Pak	Lahore	2005-06
376	5th	VVS Laxman	R Dravid	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	2000-01
353	4th	SR Tendulkar	VVS Laxman	Ind	Aus	Sydney	2003-04
344*	2nd	SM Gavaskar	DB Vengsarkar	Ind	WI	Kolkata	1978-79
336	3rd	V Sehwag	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Pak	Multan	2003-04
316	3rd	GR Viswanath	Yashpal Sharma	Ind	Eng	Chennai	1981-82
303	5th	R Dravid	VVS Laxman	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	2003-04

Note: At Chennai (Madras) in 1981-82, 415 runs were added for the third wicket against England by three batsmen. Dilip Vengsarkar had to retire hurt after adding 99 runs with Gundappa Viswanath, who added another 316 with Yashpal Sharma.

Highest partnerships for opening wicket

Runs	Players		For	Vs	Venue	Season
413	MH Mankad	Pankaj Roy	Ind	NZ	Madras	1955-56
403*	V Sehwag	R Dravid	Ind	Pak	Lahore	2005-06
387	GM Turner	TW Jarvis	NZ	WI	Georgetown	1971-72
382	WM Lawry	RB Simpson	Aus	WI	Bridgetown	1964-65
368	GC Smith	HH Gibbs	SAf	Pak	Cape Town	2002-03
359	L Hutton	C Washbrook	Eng	SAf	Johannesburg	1948-49
338	GC Smith	HH Gibbs	SAf	Eng	Birmingham	2003
335	MS Atapattu	ST Jayasuriya	SL	Pak	Kandy	1999-00
329	GR Marsh	MA Taylor	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	1989
323	JB Hobbs	W Rhodes	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1911-12
301	GC Smith	HH Gibbs	SAf	WI	Centurion	2003-04

Highest partnerships against Pakistan

Runs	Wkt	Players		For	Vs	Venue	Season
446	2nd	CC Hunte	GStA Sobers	WI	Pak	Kingston	1957-58
403*	1st	V Sehwag	R Dravid	Ind	Pak	Lahore	2005-06
368	1st	GC Smith	HH Gibbs	SAf	Pak	Cape Town	2002-03
336	3rd	V Sehwag	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Pak	Multan	2003-04
335	1st	MS Atapattu	ST Jayasuriya	SL	Pak	Kandy	1999-00
327	5th	JL Langer	RT Ponting	Aus	Pak	Perth	1999-00
279	2nd	MA Taylor	JL Langer	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	1998-99
277*	5th	MW Goodwin	A Flower	Zim	Pak	Bulawayo	1997-98
269	2nd	GStA Sobers	CL Walcott	WI	Pak	Georgetown	1957-58
269	4th	GW Flower	A Flower	Zim	Pak	Harare	1994-95
269	1st	MJ Slater	GS Blewett	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	1999-00
267	3rd	MP Vaughan	GP Thorpe	Eng	Pak	Manchester	2001
259	2nd	WB Phillips	GN Yallop	Aus	Pak	Perth	1983-84

Highest partnerships in Test cricket

Runs	Wkt	Players		For	Vs	Venue	Season
576	2nd	ST Jayasuriya	RS Mahanama	SL	Ind	Colombo (RPS)	1997-98
467	3rd	AH Jones	MD Crowe	NZ	SL	Wellington	1990-91
451	3rd	Mudassar Nazar	Javed Miandad	Pak	Ind	Hyderabad	1982-83
451	2nd	WH Ponsford	DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	The Oval	1934
446	2nd	CC Hunte	GStA Sobers	WI	Pak	Kingston	1957-58
438	2nd	MS Atapattu	KC Sangakkara	SL	Zim	Bulawayo	2003-04
429*	3rd	JA Rudolph	HH Dippenaar	SAf	Ban	Chittagong	2002-03
413	1st	MH Mankad	Pankaj Roy	Ind	NZ	Madras	1955-56
411	4th	PBH May	MC Cowdrey	Eng	WI	Birmingham	1957
405	5th	SG Barnes	DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1946-47
403*	1st	V Sehwag	R Dravid	Ind	Pak	Lahore	2005-06