Guwahati, Nov. 25 -- The Proteas opening pair of Aiden Markram and Ryan Rickelton made history, becoming the first opening pair for South Africa in 17 years to stitch a 50-run stand in both innings during a Test match in India.

Markram, Rickelton achieved this record to their names during the second Test at Guwahati. During the first innings, they posted a 82-run stand, following it with a 59-run stand in the second innings.

Now, they have joined the pairs of Herschelle Gibbs and Gary Kirsten (90 and 51 runs respectively during the 2000 Mumbai Test), Graeme Smith and Andrew Hall (61 and 67 runs respectively in the 2004 Kanpur Test) and Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie (132 runs and 53 runs at Chennai in 2008). India did not win any of the...