Gambhir top-scored with 167 -- his fourth straight Test hundred -- after Sehwag hit an aggressive 131, the pair involved in a 233-run stand for the opening wicket.

Gambhir and Sehwag provided only the sixth instance of both Indian openers scoring a hundred in the same innings.

India closed on their highest total from a day's play, surpassing their previous best of 386 for 1 against South Africa [ Images ] at Chennai in 2007-08.

At stumps, Rahul Dravid [ Images ] was unbeaten on 85 with Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], on 20.

Runs-wkts	Day	Opp	Venue	Season
417-2	1st	SL	Kanpur	2009-10
386-1	3rd	SA	Chennai	2007-08
385-6	1st	SL	Ahmedabad [ Images ]	2009-10
378-13	2nd	Eng	The Oval	1936#
375-9	1st	NZ	Wellington	2008-09
372-7	1st	SA	Bloemfontein	2001-02

# involved 2 innings

Both openers scoring hundreds in same innings