Stats: Highest partnerships by wicket in England vs India Tests

Ian Bell (L) and Kevin Pietersen (R)

In all the Tests played between England and India, the partnership between Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen for the 3rd wicket is the most impressive one which resulted in them adding 350 runs together and is followed by the partnership between Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir for the 2nd wicket in 2008.

While the top order partnerships were successful in gathering big scores, it is interesting to see the batsmen down the order at the 8th and 9th wickets making 168 and 104 runs respectively.

Ravi Shastri, a middle order batsman for India was the only person involved in two such partnerships for the 7th and 9th wickets that resulted in 235 and 104 runs respectively.

Wicket	Runs	Partners	Team	Year
1st	225	Graham Gooch, Michael Atherton	England	1990
2nd	314	Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid	India	2008
3rd	350	Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen	England	2011
4th	266	Wally Hammond, Stan Worthington	England	1936
5th	254	Keith Fletcher, William Greig	England	1973
6th	171	Ian Botham, Ross Taylor	England	1980
7th	235	Ravi Shastri, Sadiq Kirmani	India	1984
8th	168	Richard Illingworth, Peter Lever	England	1971
9th	104	Ravi Shastri, Madan Lal	India	1981
10th	73	Anil Kumble, Sreesanth	India	2007

Note: Stats updated till 1st July, 2014.