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6th wicket partnership record in Test cricket: Highest sixth wicket partnership in Test matches

Dixit Bhargav
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6th wicket partnership record in Test cricket: Highest sixth wicket partnership in Test matches

6th wicket partnership record in Test cricket: The Bangladeshi pair entered the record books on Day 1 of the second Test today.

During the first day of the second Test of the ongoing Sri Lanka’s tour of Bangladesh in Mirpur, former Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim and wicket-keeper batter Litton Das not only joined hands to put together a rescue act but also managed to enter the record books.

Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque (9) electing to bat first after winning the toss appeared to have backfired initially as his team was reduced to 24/5 in the seventh over. Senior batters in Tamim Iqbal (0) and Shakib Al Hasan (0) not managing to score a run between them were part of a batting collapse in the morning session today.

Rahim and Das, who had shared a 201-run fourth-wicket partnership in the first Test in Chattogram, were in the middle of a 253-run sixth-wicket partnership at Stumps, Day 1.

Rahim, who will resume batting from 115* (252) tomorrow, scored his ninth Test century. In what is his second consecutive century, it is his fifth at home, fourth at No. 5 third at this venue and against Sri Lanka. Rahim, whose previous two Test centuries at the Shere Bangla National Stadium have ]been double hundreds, would be looking forward to his third one here on Day 2.

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Das, on the other hand, was the more attacking batter out of these two scoring 135* (221) with the help of 16 fours and a six. In what is only his third Test century, it is his second at home, maiden against Sri Lanka, at No. 7 and at this venue.

6th wicket partnership record in Test cricket

For now, Rahim and Das’ partnership is the 21st highest sixth-wicket partnership in Test cricket. Fifth-highest Test partnership for Bangladesh, it is the highest sixth-wicket stand for two Bangladeshi batters.

BattersRunsTeamOppositionGroundYear
Ben Stokes & Jonny Bairstow399EnglandSouth AfricaCape Town2016
Kane Williamson & BJ Watling365*New ZealandSri LankaWellington2015
Brendon McCullum & BJ Watling352New ZealandIndiaWellington2014
Mahela Jayawardedne & Prasanna Jayawardene351Sri LankaIndiaAhmedabad2009
Jack Fingleton & Donald Bradman346AustraliaEnglandMelbourne1937
Martin Guptill & Brendon McCullum339New ZealandBangladeshHamilton2010
Damien Martyn & Adam Gilchrist317AustraliaSouth AfricaJohannesburg2002
Michael Hussey & Brad Haddin307AustraliaEnglandBrisbane2010
Dilip Vengsarkar & Ravi Shastri298*IndiaAustraliaMumbai1986
Brian Lara & Ridley Jacobs282*West IndiesEnglandSt John’s2004

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Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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