Ganguly played a knock of 183 runs studded with 17 fours and 7
sixes while Dravid scored 145 runs with the help of 17 fours and one six.
It was on May 26,
1999, when Sourav
Ganguly and Rahul Dravid stitched a 318-run stand against Sri Lanka in the
ICC ODI World Cup.
The duo achieved the feat in the group stage match against Sri Lanka, played at Taunton.
In the match between India and Sri Lanka, the latter won the toss and opted to bowl first.
India got off to a
bad start as the side lost its opener Sadagoppan Ramesh (5) in the very first
over of the innings.
However, it was
then that Ganguly and Dravid got together at the crease and went on to form a
318-run stand.
Ganguly played a
knock of 183 runs studded with 17 fours and 7 sixes while Dravid scored 145
runs with the help of 17 fours and one six.
Their heroics
enabled India to post a total of 373/6 in the allotted fifty overs.
India then went on
to easily win the match as the side bowled out Sri Lanka for just 216.
The Men in Blue
went away with a victory by 157 runs as Robin Singh scalped five wickets.
This stand between
Dravid and Ganguly is the fourth highest partnership in the history of ODI
cricket.
In the 1999 World
Cup, India failed to make it to the semi-finals of the World Cup.
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