5 Last Century Opening Partnerships outside Asia for India

#1 Gambhir-Sehwag 137 vs South Africa, 2010

Gambhir and Sehwag put on the last Opening Century Partnership outside Asia for India

India's series got off to the worst possible start with Morkel and Steyn skittling them out for 136. As if that wasn't enough, they were then buried under a mountain of runs with Jacques Kallis slamming his first Test Double Century and AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla also helping themselves to centuries. By the time Graeme Smith decided they had had enough, South Africa had 620/4 on the board and were 484 runs ahead in the first innings itself.

With the game all but gone, Sehwag and Gambhir came out fighting and put on a dazzling display of strokes. The duo put on 137 for the first wicket, one run more than what the entire Indian team managed in the first innings. However, the fifties from Sehwag, Gambhir, and Dhoni, and a masterclass of a century from Sachin Tendulkar, his 50th in Test Cricket, couldn't help avoid an innings defeat as they fell 25 runs short of South Africa's first innings lead.

7 years and 8 months on, India is yet to see an opening partnership of 100 or more outside of Asia.