Stats: India's highest partnership for each wicket in Tests

Pakistan v India - First Test Match, Day 1

It takes two to tango, they say.

While Indian cricket has been bestowed with some of the most illustrious batting stars over the course of its Test life, it has been privileged to see batsmen stitch some of the most memorable knocks in unison, standing shoulder to shoulder and stacking runs together, often to help the side out of trouble, highlighting how cricket, despite its tendency for celebrating individual deeds, is still a team game.

Here are the highest partnerships for each wicket for Team India in Tests:

1st wicket - Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy - 413

A record that stood the test of time, until it was broken by Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie in 2008 against Bangladesh, the honours for the highest opening partnership were with Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy.

Back in 1956, the duo put on a world-record partnership against New Zealand at the Corporation Stadium in Chennai (Madras).

The 413-run stand came in the fifth Test of the series that India were leading 1-0. Roy was the one whose departure led to the end of the partnership, getting out to Matt Poore's leg-spin, while Mankad continued to score 231.