Virender Sehwag's 5 best batting partners in Test cricket
Sehwag announced his retirement from international cricket and the IPL on TuesdayAnother legend of Indian cricket has walked into the sunset today and it is none other than the Nawab of Najafgarh, Virender Sehwag. His retirement brings to an end the golden era of Indian batting where as many as five great batsmen were part of the same line-up.Apart from being a batsman par excellence, another great quality that Sehwag possessed was the knack of forging great partnerships, in most of which, he dominated the proceedings. They say numbers speak for themselves and this stands true for some of the great partnerships that Viru was a part of during his playing days.Here are 5 of the best partnerships that Sehwag was involved in Test cricket:
#5 Aakash Chopra
| INNS | RUNS | AVG | 100+ | 50+ | HS |
| 19 | 897 | 47.21 | 4 | 2 | 164 |
India’s 2003/04 Tour Down Under was special in more than one way and one of them was India finding a steady opening partnership after quite some time. In fact, this partnership is the only highlight of Aakash Chopra’s otherwise blink-and-you-miss career. The duo of Sehwag and Chopra had already made some amount of impact in a home series against New Zealand with a 164-run partnership in the second Test of the 2-match series.
On their Aussie sojourn, these two put up some memorable opening stands particularly the one in Melbourne. Although it was Sehwag who did most of the scoring, Chopra ensured that he did the classic opener’s job of killing the new ball. However, the partnership did not go on for too long due to Chopra’s failure to convert starts into big scores.