Records galore at Multan

The record-breaking knock of Virender Sehwag and his marathon partnership for the third wicket with Sachin Tendulkar sent the statisticians scurrying after the record books.

The record-breaking knock of Virender Sehwag and his marathon partnership for the third wicket with Sachin Tendulkar sent the statisticians scurrying after the record books on Monday.

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Sehwag's 309 was the first triple century by an Indian in Test cricket which surpassed VVS Laxman's 281 against Australia at Kolkata in 2000-01 as the country's highest Test individual score.

Highest Individual Scores
Name	Venue	Against	Season	Runs
V Sehwag	Multan	Pakistan	2003-04	309
VVS Laxman	Calcutta	Australia	2000-01	281
SR Tendulkar	Sydney	Australia	2003-04	241*
SM Gavaskar	Madras	West Indies	1983-84	236*
R Dravid	Adelaide	Australia	2003-04	233

India's 675 for 5 declared was its highest total against Pakistan, bettering the 539 for 9 decl in Chennai in 1961. It was also India's third highest ever against any country.

Highest Innings Totals for India
Runs	Against	Venue	Year
705-7d	Sydney	Australia	2003-04
676-7	Kanpur	Sri Lanka	1986-87
675-5d	Multan	Pakistan	2003-04
657-7d	Kolkata	Australia	2000-01
644-7d	Kanpur	West Indies	1978-79

The 336-run partnership between Sehwag and Tendulkar was India's best ever for the third wicket stand, bettering the 316 between Gundappa Viswanath and Yashpal Sharma scored against England at Chennai in 1981-82.

Test Partnership Records for India
Wickets	Runs	Players	Venue	Year
1st	413	P Roy & MH Mankad	Chennai	1955-56
2nd	344*	SM Gavaskar & DB Vengsarkar	Kolkata	1978-79
3rd	336	V Sehwag & SR Tendulkar	Multan	2003-04
4th	353	VVS Laxman & SR Tendulkar	Sydney	2003-04
5th	376	VVS Laxman & R Dravid	Kolkata	2000-01
6th	298*	DB Vengsarkar & RJ Shastri	Mumbai	1986-87
7th	235	SMH Kirmani & RJ Shastri	Mumbai	1984-85
8th	161	M Azharuddin & A Kumble	Kolkata	1996-97
9th	149	RB Desai & PG Joshi	Mumbai (BS)	1960-61
10th	109	Ghulam Ahmed & HR Adhikari	Delhi	1952-53
Note: 415 runs were scored in all for the 3rd wicket vs England at Chennai 1981-82 DB Vengsarkar retired hurt after adding 99 with GR Viswanath

The previous highest for the third wicket of 190 shared by Yashpal Sharma and Mohinder Amarnath against Pakistan at Lahore in 1982-83 fell by the way side.

India vs Pakistan: Highest Partnerships for India
Wickets	Runs	Players	Venue	Year
1st	200	K Srikkanth & SM Gavaskar	Chennai	1986-87
2nd	135	NS Sidhu & SV Manjrekar	Karachi	1989-90
3rd	190	M Amarnath & Yashpal Sharma	Lahore	1982-83
4th	186	RJ Shastri & SV Manjrekar	Lahore	1989-90
5th	200	SM Patil & RJ Shastri	Faisalabad	1984-85
6th	143	N Kapil Dev & M Azharuddin	Kolkata	1986-87
7th	155	S Madan Lal & RMH Binny	Bangalore	1983-84
8th	122	SMH Kirmani & S Madan Lal	Faisalabad	1982-83
9th	149	RB Desai & PG Joshi	Mumbai (BS)	1960-61
10th	109	Ghulam Ahmed & HR Adhikari	Delhi	1952-53
(Compiled by Kumud Mehta)

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