A look at how India(lately) relies heavily on their lower middle order and tail to post consistent big partnerships. Here is a look at their Batting Partnerships of each wicket in 2012.
| India | Inns | Runs | Avg | 50+ |
| I | 16 | 576 | 36.00 | 3 |
| II | 16 | 547 | 34.19 | 4 |
| III | 15 | 449 | 29.93 | 2 |
| IV | 15 | 417 | 27.80 | 3 |
| V | 15 | 823 | 54.87 | 7 |
| VI | 15 | 650 | 43.33 | 5 |
| VII | 14 | 404 | 28.86 | 3 |
| VIII | 14 | 163 | 11.64 | 1 |
| IX | 14 | 195 | 13.93 | 0 |
| X | 13 | 204 | 15.69 | 1 |
In this ongoing Test match, partnership between Kohli/Dhoni for 5th wicket produced 128 Runs at almost 5 runs /over!. And then probably the most crucial partnership of this Test match… an unbeaten 9th wkt stand of 109runs between captain Dhoni and debutant B Kumar.
Will this partnership change the course of the game?…
Will this lead to an Indian win?.
Let us see how the above table looks if we have to filter it to win factor(sum of all wins).
Here is how batting partnership looks when they win Test matches (5 wins in 2012).
| India | 2012 | Runs | Avg | 50+ |
| I | 5 | 322 | 64.40 | 3 |
| II | 5 | 169 | 33.80 | 1 |
| III | 4 | 183 | 45.80 | 1 |
| IV | 4 | 177 | 44.30 | 1 |
| V | 4 | 247 | 61.80 | 2 |
| VI | 4 | 376 | 94 | 3 |
| VII | 3 | 101 | 33.70 | 1 |
| VIII | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 |
| IX | 3 | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| X | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 |
