The Indian cricket team is the only team in ODI cricket history to have won the 50-overs World Cup and also the 50-overs World Cup. The Men in Blue have been extremely dominant in this format, and the fact that they made it to the final four of every ICC ODI event of the last decade highlights their dominance.
Unlike the T20 format, the teams cannot win an ODI riding on just one batsman’s knock. It requires a special knock from the batsman to ensure that the team wins just because of his inning. However, that does not happen frequently in 50-overs cricket and it rises the value of partnerships. Long partnerships can break the back of the opposition team and it means partnership for any wicket.
The Indian cricket team has had many legendary partnerships in the past. In this article, we will look at the highest Indian partnership for each wicket in ODIs.
1st wicket – Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar – 258
Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar formed a destructive opening partnership in ODIs. Playing against Kenya at Paarl in October 2001, the Bengal-Mumbai combo scored a hundred each and gave India a dream start. They added 258 runs for the first wicket before TM Odoyo dismissed Ganguly.
2nd wicket – Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid – 331
Sachin Tendulkar makes his presence felt on this list once again as the God of Cricket holds the record for the highest Indian ODI partnership with Rahul Dravid. The duo added 331 runs for the second wicket in a match against New Zealand. Both the players scored a 150+ score and helped India thrash the Kiwis by 174 runs in Hyderabad.
