India's new opening duo of skipper Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal made history on Sunday, as they became the Indian opening pair with the highest partnership aggregate during a two-match Test series. Rohit-Jaiswal accomplished this during India's second Test against West Indies at Port of Spain.
In the match, Jaiswal and Rohit had a partnership of 139 runs in the first innings. They followed it with a quickfire 98-run partnership in the second innings. Combining it with their opening partnership of 229 runs in the first Test during the first innings, they have added a total of 466 runs as an opening duo, the most by an Indian starting pair during a two-match Test series.
Overall, this record is held by Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie, who added a total of 479 runs as an opening duo during the two-Test series against Bangladesh in 2008, including a 415-run opening stand, which is still the highest opening partnership in a Test match ever.
