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Most runs scored by India in a day

Last updated on: November 24, 2009 20:09 IST

India's openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag hit sparkling centuries as India amassed 417-2 to take a firm grip against Sri Lanka after the first day of the second Test in Kanpur on Tuesday.

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 at Chennai in 2007-08.

At stumps, Rahul Dravid was unbeaten on 85 with Sachin Tendulkar, 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	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

V Merchant (114)	Mushtaq Ali (112)	v Eng	Manchester	1936
V Mankad (231)	Pankaj Roy (173)	v NZ	Madras	1955-56
S Gavaskar (172)	K Srikkanth (116)	v Aus	Sydney	1985-86
V Sehwag (254)	R Dravid (128*)	v Pak	Lahore	2005-06
D Karthik (129)	W Jaffer (138*)	v Ban	Mirpur	2007
G Gambhir (167)	V Sehwag (131)	v SL	Kanpur	2009-10

Rajneesh Gupta Kanpur