Rohit-Rahul break Ganguly-Sehwag's 17-year-old ODI record

The duo put on a massive 227-run opening partnership and broke the 17-year-old record previously held by former Indian cricketers Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag.

Vishakapatnam: KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma on Wednesday registered the highest ever opening partnership by an Indian pair against West Indies in the One-Day-International (ODI) cricket.

They achieved the feat during the second ODI against the Windies. The duo put on a massive 227-run opening partnership and broke the 17-year-old record previously held by former Indian cricketers Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag.

The former cricketers had put on a 196-run opening stand in 2002 against West Indies at Rajkot.

Earlier, Rohit Sharma became the leading run-scorer in the 50-over format in 2019. Sharma went on to register his seventh century in this calendar year.