Dhawan, Rohit closing in on this Tendulkar-Ganguly record in ODIs

India’s veteran openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma are often compared to ‘Jai and Veeru’ from the classic Bollywood film ‘Sholay’ because of their long-running successful partnership at the top of the order. And the pair joined an elite club in ODI cricket by becoming only the seventh pair to cross the 5,000-mark in partnership runs during the third and final ODI against England. 

And while ‘Gabbar’ and ‘Hitman’ are a long way off the record for partnership runs between two batsmen, held by former Indian batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly – at 8,227 – they are closing in on another record held by the legendary duo. 

Dhawan and Rohit notched their 17th 100+ opening partnership during the encounter at Pune’s Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, surpassing Australian duo Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden’s record. They are now just four short of the all-time record held by Tendulkar and Ganguly. 

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Tendulkar and Ganguly have also shared a total of 26 100+ partnerships in ODIs, which is also a record. 

Here is a list of record for partnerships in ODIs:

• Batsmen to have crossed 5,000 partnership runs

8,227: Sachin Tendulkar – Sourav Ganguly (India)

5,992: Kumar Sangakkara – Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)

5,475: Tillakaratne Dilshan – Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

5,462: Sanath Jayasuriya – Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka)

5,409: Adam Gilchrist – Matthew Hayden (Australia)

5,206: Gordon Greenidge – Desmond Haynes (West Indies)

5,004*: Rohit Sharma – Shikhar Dhawan (India)

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• Most 100+ partnerships in ODIs

26: Sachin Tendulkar – Sourav Ganguly (India)

20: Tillakaratne Dilshan – Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

18: Rohit Sharma – Virat Kohli (India)

17: Rohit Sharma – Shikhar Dhawan (India)

• Most 100+ partnerships between openers in ODIs:

21: Sachin Tendulkar – Sourav Ganguly (India)

17: Rohit Sharma – Shikhar Dhawan (India)

16: Adam Gilchrist – Matthew Hayden (Australia)

15: Gordon Greenidge – Desmond Haynes (West Indies)