India and New Zealand have played 57 tests against each other. Their duel has seen 124 partnerships of 100 runs or more. In fact, they have the unique distinction of having world record 1st wicket partnership as well as having century partnership for every wicket. Check the complete statistics of century partnerships in their bilateral test series after 2016 Test series at India.
While 2nd wickets contributed maximum 24 century partnerships, the last decade 2000-10 saw maximum 31 century partnerships. In India both teams have scored staggering 70 of the 124 century partnerships.
Highest Partnerships by Runs
Highest Partnerships by Wickets
Test Batting Records
Test Bowling Records
Test Fielding Records
Test Team Records
100+ Partnerships for All Wickets
- 1st wkt 19 (Ind 11, NZ 8)
2nd wkt 19 (Ind 9, NZ 12)
3rd wkt 21 (Ind 11, NZ 10)
4th wkt 20 (Ind 14, NZ 6)
5th wkt 13 (Ind 5, NZ 8)
6th wkt 9 (Ind 7, NZ 2)
7th wkt 12 (Ind 5, NZ 7)
8th wkt 4 (Ind 2, NZ 2)
9th wkt 3 (Ind 2, NZ 1)
10th wkt 1 (Ind 1, NZ 0)
100+ Partnership by Decade
- 1955-60 12 (Ind 7, NZ 5)
1960-70 18 (Ind 9, NZ 9)
1970-80 10 (Ind 6, NZ 4)
1980-90 17 (Ind 7, NZ 10)
1991-2000 17 (Ind 9, NZ 8)
2000-10 31 (Ind 18, NZ 13)
2010- 2016 18 (Ind 9, NZ 9)
100+ Partnership by Series and Venue
70 of the 124 partnerships have been scored in India. New Zealand contributed a meager 48 century partnerships. In New Zealand India’s highest partnership is of 204 runs (2nd wicket in 1976) while 231 run partnership (2003 for 1st wicket) by New Zealand is the best in India. The biggest partnership for any wicket between them is of 413 for 1st wicket and 365 for 4th wicket by Indians.
- 12 1955/56 in India (Ind 7, NZ 5)
10 1965/66 in India (Ind 6, NZ 4)
7 1967/68 in New Zealand (Ind 3, NZ 4)
1 1969 in New Zealand (Ind 0, NZ 1)
10 1975/76 in India (Ind 6, NZ 4)
4 1981/82 in New Zealand (Ind 3, NZ 2)
3 1988 in India (Ind 2, NZ 1)
10 1990 in New Zealand (Ind 3, NZ 7)
2 1994 in New Zealand (Ind 1, NZ 1)
1 1995 in India (Ind 1, NZ 0)
8 1998/99 in New Zealand (Ind 3, NZ 5)
6 1999/00 in India (Ind 4, NZ 2)
8 2003 in India (Ind 5, NZ 3)
11 2009 in New Zealand (Ind 6, NZ 5)
12 2010 in India (Ind 7, NZ 5)
4 2012 in India (Ind 3, NZ 1)
6 2014 in New Zealand (Ind 2, NZ 4)
9 2016 in India (Ind 6, NZ 3
Partnerships in 2014 Series at New Zealand
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352 6th Brendum McCullum, Watling
231 4th Williamson, Brendum McCullum
179 7th Brendum McCullum, Neesham
133 5th Brendum McCullum, Corey Anderson
126 3rd Shikhar Dhawan, Kohli
120 7th Rahane, Dhoni
Partnerships in 2016 Series at India
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112 2nd Murali Vijay, Pujara, Kanpur
124 2nd Latham, Williamson, Kanpur
133 2nd Murali Vijay, Pujara, Kanpur
100* 6th Rohit Sharma, Jadeja, Kanpur
102 5th Ronchi, Santner, Kanpur
141 4th Pujara, Rahane, Kolkata
103 7th ROhit, Saha, Kolkata
365 4th Kohli, Rahane, Indore
118 1st Guptill, Latham, Indore
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