WI vs SL 2026: Amir Jangoo, Roston Chase script history with record partnership

West Indies’ pair of Amir Jangoo and Roston Chase made history in the first Test against Sri Lanka at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, stitching a mammoth 401-run stand for the sixth wicket.

The pair scored 401 runs off 602 balls, setting West Indies up for a mammoth total of 626 for 9. Jangoo, playing just his second Test, scored a mammoth 233 runs off 373 balls, while captain Chase scored 194 off 324 balls.

Their stand is now the highest partnership for the sixth wicket in Test cricket history. The previous record was held by Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow, who stitched a 399-run stand against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town in January 2016. This is also the first time in Test cricket history that a pair has put on 400 runs for the sixth wicket.

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This is also the second-highest stand in West Indies Test cricket history, just behind Garry Sobers’ and Conrad Hunte’s 446-run stand against Pakistan in Kingston in 1958. The pair also stitched the highest stand against Sri Lanka for any wicket, just behind Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones, who added 467 runs for the third wicket in Wellington in 1991.

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Sri Lanka made 308 in the first innings, being put into bat, with Dhananjaya de Silva scoring a well-made 120. They finished Day 3 at 15 for 1, trailing by 303 runs, with opener Pathum Nissanka back in the dugout.