Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have added another milestone to their long list of achievements. During the second ODI against England in Cardiff, the experienced pair went past Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly to become India’s third-highest run-scoring batting partnership across all formats.

The landmark came after Shubman Gill was dismissed by Gus Atkinson in the eighth over. Kohli then joined Rohit in the middle, and the two added 60 runs for the second wicket before Rohit was dismissed in the 18th over.

That stand took Rohit and Kohli’s combined tally to 8,028 partnership runs for India across Tests, ODIs and T20Is. Their journey as a batting pair began more than 16 years ago in an ODI against South Africa in February 2010.

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In that match, India were chasing a huge target of 366. Rohit scored 48 while Kohli made 57, and together they put on 95 runs for the third wicket. India could not win the game, but it turned out to be the start of one of the country’s most successful batting partnerships.

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Here are India’s highest run-scoring partnerships across all formats:

  1. Sachin Tendulkar & Sourav Ganguly – 12,400 runs
  2. Sachin Tendulkar & Rahul Dravid – 11,037 runs
  3. Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli – 8,028 runs
  4. Sourav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid – 7,626 runs
  5. Virender Sehwag & Gautam Gambhir – 7,199 runs
Rank Partners Span Inns NO Runs Highest Average
1 Sourav Ganguly / Sachin Tendulkar 1992-2007 176 3 8227 258 47.55
2 Virat Kohli / Rohit Sharma 2010–2026 103 6 5679 246 58.54
3 Shikhar Dhawan / Rohit 2011–2022 117 2 5193 210 45.15
4 Virender Sehwag /Tendulkar 2001–2012 114 2 4387 182 39.16
5 Rahul Dravid / Ganguly 1996–2007 87 1 4332 318 50.37

Most of Rohit and Kohli’s success together has come in ODI cricket. In 103 innings, they have scored 5,679 runs as a pair at an impressive average of 58.54. Among Indian partnerships in ODIs, only Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly have scored more runs together.

The duo has also enjoyed success in the other two formats. In Test cricket, they have added 999 runs in 26 innings, including three century stands, averaging close to 40. In T20Is, they have put together 1,350 runs in 42 innings at an average of 32.14, with three century partnerships.

How Rohit and Virat performed in 2nd ODI vs England

Rohit Sharma was seen struggling with the bat as the destructive opener managed to score 26 runs off 47 balls, including one six and a four. On the other hand, Kohli scored 65 runs off 66 balls, including eight fours.