🏏West Indies vs India, 2nd Test: Queen's Park Oval -- Thread #2🏏 - Page 6

Highest partnership run-rates for India in Tests (any wicket)

10 - MS Dhoni & Praveen Kumar vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2011

9.52 - MS Dhoni & Ravindra Jadeja vs NZ, Auckland, 2014

8.28 - Rohit Sharma & Yashasvi Jaiswal vs WI, Port of Spain, 2023

8.08 - Hardik Pandya & Umesh Yadav vs SL, Pallekele, 2017

7.87 - Shardul Thakur & Umesh Yadav vs ENG, The Oval, 2021

*min. 50 runs, where data available

Highest opening partnership aggregates in a two-match Test series

479 - Graeme Smith & Neil McKenzie (SA) vs BAN, 2008

469 - Dean Elgar & Aiden Markram (SA) vs BAN, 2017

466 - Rohit Sharma & Yashasvi Jaiswal (IND) vs WI, 2023

440 - Graeme Smith & Herschelle Gibbs (SA) vs PAK, 2002-03

422 - Grant Flower & Gavin Rennie (ZIM) vs NZ, 1997

12:11 Local Time, 16:11 GMT, 21:41 IST: Uh-oh! Dark skies greet us as we return post lunch. The covers are firmly on. We won't have a prompt start. So stay tuned.

Dark skies greet us as we return post lunch. The covers are firmly on. We won't have a prompt start. So, we have to wait for some more time to see the restart of the match.

Highest opening-partnership aggregates for India in a series

537 - Sunil Gavaskar & Chetan Chauhan vs AUS, 1979/80 (home)

477 - Virender Sehwag & Gautam Gambhir vs PAK, 2005 (home)

466 - Rohit Sharma & Yashasvi Jaiswal vs WI, 2023 (away)

459 - Virender Sehwag & Akash Chopra vs AUS, 2003-04 (away)

457 - Virender Sehwag & Rahul Dravid vs PAK, 2006 (away)

Highest opening partnership run-rates in Tests (min. 50 runs)

10 - Marcus Trescothick & Michael Vaughan (ENG) vs SL, Old Trafford, 2002

8.28 - Rohit Sharma & Yashasvi Jaiswal (IND) vs WI, Port of Spain, 2023

8.19 - David Warner & Usman Khawaja (AUS) vs PAK, Sydney, 2017

8.11 - Mohammad Hafeez & Ahmad Shehzad (PAK) vs SL, Galle, 2015

7.82 - Virender Sehwag & Gautam Gambhir (IND) vs SA, Kolkata, 2010

*where data available

Highest partnership run-rates for India in Tests (any wicket)

10 - MS Dhoni & Praveen Kumar vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2011

9.52 - MS Dhoni & Ravindra Jadeja vs NZ, Auckland, 2014

8.28 - Rohit Sharma & Yashasvi Jaiswal vs WI, Port of Spain, 2023

8.08 - Hardik Pandya & Umesh Yadav vs SL, Pallekele, 2017

7.87 - Shardul Thakur & Umesh Yadav vs ENG, The Oval, 2021

*min. 50 runs, where data available

Highest averages as an opener in Tests (post World War II)

60.64 - Usman Khawaja

55.51 - Bob Simpson

54.3 - Len Hutton

53.7 - Dennis Amiss

53.64 - Rohit Sharma

*min 1,000 runs (total 146 batters)

12:46 Local Time, 16:46 GMT, 22:16 IST: The covers are coming off.We shall have an inspection soon. The batters are infact ready to come out. That's great news.

If India put 350+ target for WI, it will be a sportive challenge to WI and India will have a fair chance to win the series by 2-0