The second wicket partnership of 318 runs between Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid was the first ever partnership of 300 runs or more in any LOI match for any wicket. The previous record for any wicket was set by Indians: Azharuddin and Jadeja only last season.

Table (A) Best partnerships for any wicket in all LOI matches

Wkt Runs               Batsmen             Teams   Ground           Date
								
 2  318   SC Ganguly     - RS Dravid       Ind-SL  Taunton         26 May 1999
 4  275*  M Azharuddin   - AD Jadeja       Ind-Zim Cuttack         09 Apr 1998
 2  263   Aamir Sohail   - Inzamam-ul-Haq  Pak-NZ  Sharjah         20 Apr 1994
 1  251   SC Ganguly     - SR Tendulkar    Ind-SL  Colombo (3)     07 Jul 1998
 3  237*  RS Dravid      - SR Tendulkar    Ind-Ken Bristol         23 May 1999
 2  236   SC Ganguly     - RS Dravid       Ind-SL  Nagpur          22 Mar 1999
 4  232   DJ Cullinan    - JN Rhodes       SA -Pak Nairobi (1)     29 Sep 1996
 2  231   SR Tendulkar   - NS Sidhu        Ind-Pak Sharjah         15 Apr 1996
 3  230   Saeed Anwar    - Ijaz Ahmed, Sr  Pak-Ind Dhaka           18 Jan 1998
 4  226   S Chanderpaul  - CL Hooper       WI -SA  East London     24 Jan 1999
 1  225   D Chudasama    - K Otieno        Ken-Ban Nairobi (1)     10 Oct 1997
 3  224*  DM Jones       - AR Border       Aus-SL  Adelaide        28 Jan 1985
 5  223   M Azharuddin   - AD Jadeja       Ind-SL  Colombo (3)     17 Aug 1997
 2  221   CG Greenidge   - IVA Richards    WI -Ind Jamshedpur      07 Dec 1983

Table (B) Best partnerships for the second wicket in all LOI matches
                                                                       
Wkt Runs              Batsmen              Teams   Ground           Date
								  
 2  318   SC Ganguly     - RS Dravid       Ind-SL  Taunton         26 May 1999
 2  263   Aamir Sohail   - Inzamam-ul-Haq  Pak-NZ  Sharjah         20 Apr 1994
 2  236   SC Ganguly     - RS Dravid       Ind-SL  Nagpur          22 Mar 1999
 2  231   SR Tendulkar   - NS Sidhu        Ind-Pak Sharjah         15 Apr 1996
 2  221   CG Greenidge   - IVA Richards    WI -Ind Jamshedpur      07 Dec 1983
 2  219   ME Waugh       - RT Ponting      Aus-Zim Delhi (1)       11 Apr 1998
 2  205   Mohsin Khan    - Zaheer Abbas    Pak-Ind Multan          17 Dec 1982
 2  205   DL Haynes      - IVA Richards    WI -Aus Melbourne       09 Dec 1979
 2  204   Inzamam-ul-Haq - Salim Malik     Pak-SL  Rawalpindi (2)  19 Jan 1992
 2  202   GA Gooch       - DI Gower        Eng-Aus Lord's          03 Jun 1985
 2  197   BC Lara        - PV Simmons      WI -Pak Durban          19 Feb 1993
 2  193   AC Gilchrist   - RT Ponting      Aus-Pak Lahore          10 Nov 1998
 2  185   GR Marsh       - DM Jones        Aus-Eng Brisbane        16 Dec 1990
 2  184   DL Haynes      - HA Gomes        WI -NZ  Bridgetown      23 Apr 1985
 2  180   SR Tendulkar   - RS Dravid       Ind-Zim Bulawayo (2)    26 Sep 1998
 2  179   SC Ganguly     - Robin Singh     Ind-Pak Dhaka           18 Jan 1998
 2  178   GR Marsh       - DM Jones        Aus-Eng Brisbane        18 Jan 1987
 2  176   SFAF Bacchus   - IVA Richards    WI -Pak Sialkot         05 Dec 1980
 2  176   DL Amiss       - KWR Fletcher    Eng-Ind Lord's          07 Jun 1975

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (akahate@yahoo.com)