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June 14, 2008
Salman Butt's [Images] hundred against India on Saturday was seventh of his ODI career. Interestingly five of them have come against India (and remaining two vs Bangladesh). Butt now shares the record of scoring most hundreds against India. The details: Batsman | 100s | Inns | Inns/100 | Salman Butt (Pak) | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | Nathan Astle (NZ) | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | Ricky Ponting [Images] (Aus) | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | Sanath Jayasuriya [Images] (SL) | 5 | 68 | 13.60 |
Highest partnerships in tournament finals The 205-run partnership between Butt and Younis Khan is the fifth highest for any wicket in a tournament final. The details: Runs | Wkt | Batsmen | Countries | Venue | Year | Tournament | 252 | 1st | Sourav Ganguly [Images] & Sachin Tendulkar [Images] | Ind v SL | Colombo | 1998 | Independence Cup | 237 | 4th | Ricky Ponting & Andrew Symonds [Images] | Aus v SL | Sydney | 2006 | VB Series | 234* | 3rd | Ricky Ponting & Damien Martyn | Aus v Ind | Johannesburg | 2003 | World Cup | 230 | 3rd | Saeed Anwar & Ijaz Ahmed | Pak v Ind | Dhaka | 1998 | Independence Cup | 205 | 2nd | Salman Butt & Younis Khan | Pak v Ind | Mirpur | 2008 | Kitply Cup |
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