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.

Highest sixth-wicket partnerships in Test cricket:

Players	Team	Runs	Opposition	Venue
Amir Jangoo, Roston Chase	West Indies	401	Sri Lanka	North Sound
Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes	England	399	South Africa	Cape Town
BJ Watling, Kane Williamson	New Zealand	365*	Sri Lanka	Wellington
Brendon McCullum, BJ Watling	New Zealand	352	India	Wellington
Mahela Jayawardene, Prasanna Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	351	India	Ahmedabad

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.

Highest partnerships for the West Indies in Test cricket:

Players	Runs	Wicket	Opposition	Venue
Conrad Hunte, Garry Sobers	465	2nd	Pakistan	Kingston
Amir Jangoo, Roston Chase	401	6th	Sri Lanka	North Sound
Garry Sobers, Frank Worrell	399	4th	England	Bridgetown
Denis Atkinson, Clairmonte Depeiaza	347	7th	Australia	Bridgetown
Everton Weekes, Frank Worrell	338	3rd	England	Port of Spain

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.