Stats: India becomes the first team to register 400 century partnerships in ODIs

India batsmen made merry after they elected to bat first in the 4th ODI against Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa Stadium, which was marked to be MS Dhoni’s 300th ODI game. Centuries from India’s Captain and Vice-captain – Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma – powered India to a record total of 375/5 in the 50 overs.

The limited-overs stars put on a double century stand which was followed with four wickets in quick succession. However, a century partnership towards the end between Dhoni and Manish Pandey ensured the top orders’ effort didn’t go in vain. The 6th wicket 100-run stand between Dhoni and Pandey became the 400th century partnership ever recorded for India in ODI cricket. This made them the first team to record 400 partnerships of 100 and more in this format.

Most century partnerships for a Team in ODI cricket:

The duo of Rohit and Kohli completed 3000 runs between themselves in this format with the help of a 219-run stand in this game, which came off just 28 overs. The pair’s stand in this game was the 11th time both of them added 100 runs together and only 8 pairs in ODI cricket have shared more century stands. Overall, 18 batsmen in ODI cricket have put on 10 and more century stands with seven of them being Indian pairs.

Pairs with 10+ century stands in ODI cricket:

This was Rohit & Kohli’s 8th stand of 150+ with only Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly’s having more (12) such partnerships in this format. The leading Indian batters shared their 3rd double hundred stand becoming only the 4th pair with three double century stands.

Pairs with most 150+ partnerships in ODIs:

Pairs with most double century stands in ODIs:

(Stats as August 31, 2017)