IND vs SA, 1st Test: Rohit-Mayank Become 3rd Indian Opening Pair to Register 300-run Stand In Test Cricket

Rohit and Mayank were in superlative form with a willow, stitching together a mammoth 317 runs for the first wicket on Day 2 of the opening Test of the three-match series against South Africa AT vIZAG

The Indian opening duo of Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal on Thursday entered their names in the record books by becoming only the third Indian opening pair to stitch together a 300-run partnership in Test cricket. The other two Indian opening pair to stitch together a partnership of more than 300 runs in Test cricket are Vinoo Mankad-Pankaj Roy (413 runs against New Zealand in 1956) and Virender Sehwag-Rahul Dravid (410 runs against Pakistan in 2006). Rohit and Mayank were in superlative form with a willow, stitching together a mammoth 317 runs for the first wicket on Day 2 of the opening Test of the three-match series against South Africa being played at the ACA-VDCA Stadium here. The duo also broke a 15-year old record for the highest opening partnership in Test cricket against South Africa, earlier held by held by the famed opening pair of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. Rohit, who was opening the innings for the first time in Test cricket, scored 176 runs while Mayank contributed with 137 runs during their historic partnership. Rohit, eventually got out stumped off the bowling of Keshav Maharaj. Meanwhile Mayank Agarwal brought up his maiden Test ton and in the process became the 86th Indian to score a Test century.