Stats: India's 10 best opening partnerships in ODIs outside Asia

Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan were involved in India’s first 100-run partnership overseas in more than a year

In the emphatic victory over England at Birmingham, Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan were involved in India’s first 100-run partnership overseas in more than a year.

The last time an Indian opening partnership scored 100 or more runs away from home, was in July 2013, when Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan stitched a 123-run partnership in Port of Spain against West Indies.Here are the list of 10 best 100-run opening partnerships for India in ODIs outside the subcontinent:

Batting Partners	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Year
Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar	258	v Kenya	Paarl	2001
Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag	201*	v New Zealand	Hamilton	2009
Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar	193	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2001
Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane	183	v England	Birminghgam	2014
Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar	153	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	2003
Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar	150	v England	The Oval	2007
Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar	141	v New Zealand	Nairobi	2000
Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar	134	v South Africa	Belfast	2007
Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar	133	v West Indies	Harare	2001
Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar	130	v Zimbabwe	Hobart	2004