Highest Partnership for Australia in India: Khawaja and Green share second biggest stand in Ahmedabad Test

Ahmedabad, March 10: Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green shared the second highest partnership for Australia in visits to India during day 2 of the fourth Test at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Khawaja and Green, who shared a 85-run partnership to take Australia to 255/4 at stumps on day 1, put on a 208-run stand for the fifth wicket, before Ravichandran Ashwin removed the latter post lunch session.

While Khawaja, who scored his maiden hundred on Indian soil, went on to score past 150, Green scored his maiden Test century during the partnership.

The duo came very close to breaking the record till Green's lapse in concentration handed India a breakthrough. Green was dismissed caught behind for 114 when he attempted to sweep a delivery bowled down the legs.

Green-Khawaja stand of 208 is only behind Alan Border and Kim Hughes, who shared a stand of 222 in Chennai in 1979, for highest partnership for Australia in Test matches in India.

The Khawaja-Green pair on Friday (March 10), however, surpassed few other great stands of the Aussies on Indian soil in Tests.

Highest Test Partnership for Australia in India

1. Kim Hughes & Allan Border - 222 in Chennai in 1979

2. Cameron Green & Usman Khawaja - 208 in Ahmedabad in 2023

3. Norm O'Neil & Neil Harvel - 207 in Mumbai in 1960

4. Graham Yallop & Kim Hughes - 206 in Kolkata in 1979

5. Jim Burke & Neil Harvey - 204 in Mumbai in 1956

6. Matthew Hayden & Adam Gilchrist - 197 in Mumbai in 2001

7. Glenn Maxwell & Steve Smith - 191 in Ranchi in 2017

8. Dean Jones & Allan Border - 178 in Chennai in 1986

The highest partnership between the two sides in India, belongs to Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, who shared a mammoth 376-run stand in the famous Kolkata Test in 2001.

Meanwhile, the biggest partnership in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy so far belongs to Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke, who shared a 386-run stand in Adelaide in 2012.

Australia were on 378 at the time of Green's dismissal with Khawaja still unbeaten on 162. Green and Khawaja batted for almost 60 overs and two sessions together.