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It's amazing that this record stayed untouched for so many years.
Those good old DC days
2009
Back then DD's batting line‑up was Viru, Gauti, Warner, ABD, Dilshan and DK.
Virender Sehwag: – Let me tell you a story.
Once Gambhir and I put together the fastest 500‑run opening stand, and I alone scored 400 of those runs (haha).
These new lads, Sooryavanshi and Jaiswal, are fresh blood. They've never faced the kind of bowling I dealt with, and the crazy part is I always liked bowling to good bowlers, while I used to target the youngsters and take them down.
Mohalla cricket
IPL is India's biggest tournament, bro.
That classic DD jersey
Highest run‑rate for opening pairs in IPL (minimum 600 runs):
|Pair|Franchise|Runs|Run Rate|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi|Rajasthan Royals|647|12.36|
|Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head|Sunrisers Hyderabad|1211|12.29|
|Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine|Kolkata Knight Riders|707|10.6|
|Virat Kohli, Phil Salt|Royal Challengers Bengaluru|611|10.24|
|Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton|Mumbai Indians|625|9.86|
A Bihari smashing a century, heavy!
Delhi Dardevils → Delhi Capitals. Old 2009 jersey → current jersey. Old logo → current logo.
Back then, even 145 was a solid target.