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Dhananjaya de Silva And Kusal Mendis Stitch New Partnership Record In Pakistan

Aakash Saini

Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis [Source: AFP]Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis [Source: AFP]

Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis unleashed twin centuries to counterattack for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on Day 3 of their first Test in Rawalpindi. The two cricketers also stitched together a partnership worth more than 200 runs to motor the Sri Lankan total towards the 400-run mark.

With their rebellious fifth-wicket partnership, the two well-set batters also shattered a number of huge Test records, and helped Sri Lanka seize control after conceding 434 first innings runs to Pakistan.

Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis forge highest partnership for fifth wicket

Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis formed forces for Sri Lanka at 155-4 in 42 overs on Day 3 of their first Test match against hosts Pakistan in Rawalpindi. Both cricketers ended up hammering centuries at a brisk pace, sharing a fifth-wicket partnership of more than 200 runs in the process to steer Sri Lanka near the 400-run mark. 

When their partnership reached 208*, the two batters scripted the record of notching up the highest fifth-wicket stand against Pakistan in Pakistan in a Test match, surpassing the previous records set by Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan and Thilan Samaraweera as well as by India’s Sandeep Patil and Ravi Shastri. 

Here is a look at four of the biggest fifth-wicket partnerships recorded against Pakistan in Test matches played in Pakistan.

Highest 5th Wicket Partnerships vs Pakistan in Pakistan in Tests:

  • 238* - Dhananjaya de Silva & Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka), Rawalpindi, 2026, This Innings*
  • 207 - Tillakaratne Dilshan & Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka), Lahore, 2009
  • 200 - Sandeep Patil & Ravi Shastri (India), Faisalabad, 1984
  • 200 - Dwayne Bravo & Brian Lara (West Indies), Multan, 2006 

Dhananjaya and Kusal chart Sri Lankan record

Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis also scripted the biggest-ever fifth-wicket partnership by any Sri Lankan pair in a Test match against Pakistan, regardless of the venue. 

With their latest effort, they also became only the second fifth-wicket Sri Lankan pair to mount over 200 runs against Pakistan in a Test match, joining Tillakaratne Dilshan and Thilan Samaraweera’s 2009 feat in the process.

Highest 5th-Wicket Partnerships for Sri Lanka vs Pakistan in Tests:

  • 238* - Dhananjaya de Silva & Kusal Mendis, Rawalpindi, 2026, This Innings*
  • 207 - Tillakaratne Dilshan & Thilan Samaraweera, Lahore, 2009
  • 143 - Russel Arnold & Romesh Kaluwitharana, Lahore, 1999

With their record partnership in Rawalpindi on November 11, Sri Lanka inched closer to the 400-run mark to seize full control of the first Test, despite starting off their first innings at a precarious 65-3.