Legendary duo of Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar hold the record for the most partnership runs for India across all formats in international cricket.
Between 1992 and 2008, Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar scored a total of 12,400 runs together in 247 innings to register the most partnership runs for India. The Indian pair recorded an impressive average of 51.45 with 38 century stands and 45 fifty stands across formats.
Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar forged one of the most iconic batting pairs in One-Day International (ODI) cricket.
The swashbuckling duo also hold the record for the highest overall partnership runs in ODIs, having amassed 8,227 runs in 176 innings with 26 centuries and 29 fifties. In Test cricket, the stylish pair aggregated a total of 4,173 runs with 12 century stands and 16 fifty partnerships.
Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar feature second in the list of most partnership runs for India.
Dravid and Tendulkar accumulated 11,037 runs in 241 innings between 1996 and 2012. The legendary batting pair registered an average of 47.98 with 31 centuries and 43 fifties.
Considered to be one of the most dangerous Indian batting pairs, Dravid and Tendulkar hold the record for the highest overall partnership runs by a pair in Test cricket.
Dravid and Tendulkar amassed 6,920 runs in partnerships in Test matches with 20 centuries and 29 fifties. In ODI cricket, the Indian pair scored a total of 4,117 runs with 11 century stands and 14 fifty partnerships.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are third on the list, and they are the only pair in the top ten still adding to their total.
Kohli and Rohit have put on 8,142 runs together in 173 innings since 2010, at an average of 49.04 with 27 century stands and 27 fifty stands. They moved past Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly into third place in early 2025.
Most of those runs have come in ODIs: 5,793 in 105 innings, with 21 century stands. The biggest was 246 against West Indies in Guwahati in 2018. They added 1,350 runs together in T20Is and 999 in Tests.
Both retired from T20Is after winning the 2024 T20 World Cup and from Test cricket in May 2025, so ODIs are now the only format in which the total can grow. Their latest century stands were 168* against Australia in Sydney in October 2025, 136 against South Africa in Ranchi in November 2025 and 113 against England at Lord’s in July 2026.
Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly are fourth in the list of most partnership runs for India.
Between 1996 and 2008, Dravid and Ganguly scored a total of 7,657 runs together in 156 innings at an average of 51.38 with 21 century partnerships and 30 fifty stands.
Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag complete the top five list of most partnership runs for India.
Between 2003 and 2013, Gambhir and Sehwag scored a total of 7,199 runs together in 153 innings across formats at an average of 48.31 with 17 hundred stands and 36 fifty partnerships.
Know the top 10 list of most partnership runs for India across formats in international cricket. Figures are up to and including India’s ODI against West Indies in New Chandigarh on 3 October 2026.
Most partnership runs for India
| Partners | Span | Innings | Runs | Average | 100 | 50 |
| Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar | 1992-2008 | 247 | 12,400 | 51.45 | 38 | 45 |
| Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar | 1996-2012 | 241 | 11,037 | 47.98 | 31 | 43 |
| Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma | 2010-2026 | 173 | 8,142 | 49.04 | 27 | 27 |
| Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly | 1996-2008 | 156 | 7,657 | 51.38 | 21 | 30 |
| Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag | 2003-2013 | 153 | 7,199 | 48.31 | 17 | 36 |
| Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma | 2011-2022 | 173 | 6,984 | 40.84 | 22 | 22 |
| Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar | 2001-2012 | 138 | 5,964 | 43.85 | 17 | 23 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar | 1989-2000 | 120 | 5,899 | 52.2 | 17 | 24 |
| Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane | 2011-2023 | 108 | 5,611 | 54.47 | 16 | 27 |
| Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman | 1996-2012 | 118 | 5,314 | 47.87 | 16 | 20 |
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