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Rohit-Gill Shatter Sachin-Sourav's 28-Year Record with 255-Run Partnership
- •Rohit Sharma (101) and Shubman Gill (223) scored centuries at Guwahati's Barsapara Stadium.
- •The Rohit-Gill pair forged a 255-run opening partnership against West Indies, India's second-largest first-wicket stand.
- •This partnership surpassed Sachin-Sourav's 252-run opening stand against Sri Lanka in 1998.
- •Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly still hold the record for India's largest opening partnership (258 runs vs Kenya in 2001).
- •Rohit Sharma became the third Indian and seventh global cricketer to complete 12,000 ODI runs.
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During the second ODI at Guwahati's Barsapara Stadium, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill put together a 255-run opening partnership while chasing West Indies' target of 406. This broke Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly's 28-year-old record of a 252-run opening stand against Sri Lanka in 1998, moving Rohit and Gill into second place for India's largest first-wicket partnerships.
During the match, Rohit Sharma completed 12,000 ODI runs, becoming only the seventh cricketer globally and the third Indian to achieve this milestone after Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli. He reached this mark in his 291st ODI and scored his 35th century off 72 balls.
The record for India's largest first-wicket partnership in ODIs is still held by Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly. In 2001, the legendary pair added 258 runs together against Kenya.
