Tendulkar equals another Bradman record

March 31, 2004 15:47 IST

The 336 run partnership for the third wicket between Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar is the fourteenth double century partnership involving Tendulkar. With this Tendulkar has equalled Sir Donald Bradman's world record of participating in the most number of double century partnerships in Test cricket.

Tendulkar is way ahead of Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid, joint second place holders among the Indians with six double century partnerships apiece.

Among contemporary players, two Australians, Ricky Ponting and Justin Langer, with 10 double century partnerships each, are closest to Tendulkar.

The accompanying table lists the batsmen involved in most double century partnerships.

200 partnerships	Batsman	Country	100 partnerships	Best
14	D G Bradman	Aus	35	451
14	S R Tendulkar	Ind	54	353
13	Javed Miandad	Pak	50	451
11	S R Waugh	Aus	64	385
10	R T Ponting	Aus	38	327
10	J L Langer	Aus	35	327
9	G Kirsten	SA	44	272
9	M L Hayden	Aus	30	272
8	W R Hammond	Eng	33	266
8	W M Lawry	Aus	24	382
7	L Hutton	Eng	41	382
7	H H Gibbs	SA	24	368
7	G St A Sobers	WI	43	446

Most 200 run partnerships for India:

200 partnerships	Batsman	Country	100 Partnerships	Best
14	S R Tendulkar	Ind	54	353
6	R S Dravid	Ind	44	376
6	S M Gavaskar	Ind	58	344*
5	M Azharuddin	Ind	32	272
5	V V S Laxman	Ind	18	376
4	S C Ganguly	Ind	26	281
4	R J Shastri	Ind	20	298*
3	V L Manjrekar	Ind	12	238
3	D B Vengsarkar	Ind	30	344*
3	V S Hazare	Ind	14	222
3	V Sehwag	Ind	10	336