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Virat scored 140 off 107 balls while Rohit was unbeaten on 152 from 117 balls as India chased the 323-run target with ease. Kohli and Sharma put on 246 runs for the second wicket in a masterly batting display to lead India to victory.
Gordon Greenidge-Desmond Haynes, Sachin Tendulkar-Sourav Ganguly, Adam Gilchrist-Matthew Hayden... cricket is full of legendary duos. Virat and Rohit have many individual records between them, but what's often overlooked is that in just 64 stands together, they have already joined the list of most prolific partners in ODIs.
5: Most double century stands by pairs in ODIs. Of these, 3 came in India and 2 abroad. Kohli-Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar-Sourav Ganguly and Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene-Kumar Sangakkara follow with 3 each.
246: Virat-Rohit's stand vs West Indies at Guwahati on October 21, 2018 is India's highest in a chase, surpassing 224 by Kohli-Gambhir vs Sri Lanka at Kolkata in 2009.
15: Century stands by Virat-Rohit. Of the six pairs who achieved the landmark, they are the only ones still playing. The other duos are Sachin-Sourav (26 century stands in 176 innings), Dilshan-Sangakkara (20 in 108), Gilchrist-Hayden (16 in 117), Greenidge-Haynes (15 in 103), and Jayawardene-Sangakkara (15 in 151).
65.5: Average partnership between Virat and Rohit, the highest among all duos with 15 or more century stands. Dilshan-Sangakkara are next with 53.7.
3,931: Runs scored by Virat-Rohit in partnership, the 7th highest among all Indian duos. Among currently active players, only Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma have more (3,936) but they have also shared many more partnerships (86 to Virat-Rohit's 64). The Indian -- and world -- record is Sachin-Sourav's 8,227 runs in 176 innings.
84.1: Their average partnership in 37 matches won by India. In 25 matches lost by India, their average stand dipped to 42.6, emphasising that when they do well together, the team usually wins.
Stats: Rajesh Kumar
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