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Sehwag's feat

By Rajneesh Gupta
March 10, 2005 16:11 IST
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Virender Sehwag was involved in the three century partnerships in India's first innings of Mohali Test on day three. He became only the third Indian batsman to perform this feat after Vinod Kambli and Rahul Dravid.

The following table has the details:

Indian players involved in three century partnerships in the same innings:

VG Kambli      & NS Sidhu             107 (2nd wkt)
                        & SR Tendulkar       137 (3rd wkt)
                        & M Azharuddin       107 (4th wkt)
Ind v Zim at Delhi in 1992-93

R Dravid        & PA Patel                129 (2nd wkt)
                       & VVS Laxman         131 (4th wkt)
                       & SC Ganguly            131 (5th wkt)
Ind v Pak at Rawalpindi in 2003-04

V Sehwag     & G Gambhir          113 (1st wkt)
                     & R Dravid              103 (2nd wkt)
                     & SR Tendulkar       118 (3rd wkt)
Ind v Pak at Mohali in 2004-05

The Mohali Test also provided the first instance of century partnerships being made for first three wickets in the same innings for India.

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