Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma partnership: Runs scored, records and stats for India's key batting pair

Rahul Iyer

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma partnership: Runs scored, records and stats for India's key batting pair image

India have been on fire of late, winning the Asia Cup convincingly and then topping the league stage of the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

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India will next take on New Zealand in the semifinal of the World Cup in Mumbai on November 15. The other semifinal will see Australia take on South Africa.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been India's batting mainstays in the World Cup. 

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma partnership: Runs scored, records and stats

The overall ODI record of this star-studded partnership is as follows.

Innings Runs Average 50s 100s Highest Partnership
92 5193 60.38 17 18 246

Kohli and Rohit batted together in ODIs for the first time back in 2010, against South Africa in Ahmedabad. Centuries from Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers had powered the visitors to 365/2 in the first innings.

Kohli came to the crease with the score at 22/1, with Rohit joining him at 40/2. The pair put on 95 in 118 balls to keep India afloat in the chase before Rohit hit Johan Botha straight down the throat of Lonwabo Tsotsobe to depart for 48.

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On the list of all-time partnerships in ODI cricket, the pair are ranked 7th, and are the second-highest scoring Indian partnership, as seen in the following list. Their partnership's average of 60.38 is also the highest-ever of any pair that has batted together at least 50 times.

Most productive partnerships in ODI cricket

Partners Country Innings Runs Average
Sourav Ganguly & Sachin Tendulkar India 176 8227 47.5
Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 151

5992

41.6
Tillakaratne Dilshan & Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 108 5475 53.7
Marvan Atapattu & Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 144 5462 39.3
Adam Gilchrist & Matthew Hayden Australia 117 5409 47.4
Gordon Greenidge & Desmond Haynes West Indies 103 5206 52.6
Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma India 92 5193 60.38
Shikhar Dhawan & Rohit Sharma India 117 5193 45.2
Virender Sehwag & Sachin Tendulkar India 114 4387 39.2
Rahul Dravid & Sourav Ganguly India 88 4363 50.1

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Rahul Iyer

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Rahul is a content producer for The Sporting News' India edition.