In the Perth one-dayer against Australia on Sunday, the Indian lower order put up a commendable performance taking India from a precarious position of 79 for five to somewhat respectable total of 203. The highlight of the Indian innings was the tenth wicket stand of 31 runs between Murali Kartik and L Balaji, which was the highest stand of the innings. This has happened only 28 times in 2093 LOIs played till date, and on three occasions for India.

Out of 28 such occasions, only on two occasions the pairs putting-up highest tenth wicket stands of the innings have ended on the winning side. Both teams this feat was achieved for West Indies -- in 1975 and 1984 respectively. On all other occasions the concerned team suffered defeat.

Stand	Score	Countries	Venue	Date	Batsmen
28	86	SL v WI	Manchester	07-06-1975	DS de Silva & LW Kaluperuma
64*	267-9	WI v Pak	Birmingham	11-06-1975	DL Murray & AME Roberts
71	228	WI v Ind	Manchester	09-06-1983	AME Roberts & J Garner
65	181	NZ v SL	Derby	18-06-1983	MC Snedden & EJ Chatfield
33	136	SL v Eng	Leeds	20-06-1983	RJ Raynayake & VB John
106*	272-9	WI v Eng	Manchester	31-05-1984	IVA Richards & MA Holding
17	43	Pak v WI	Cape Town	25-02-1993	Zahid Fazal & Aaqib Javed
51	154	SA v SL	Colombo RPS	04-09-1993	RP Snell & PS de Villiers
46*	171-9	NZ v WI	Guwahati	01-11-1994	DJ Nash & C Pringle
72	228	Pak v SA	Durban	03-04-1998	Abdur Razzaq & Waqar Younis
47	159	WI v SA	Bloemfotein	05-02-1999	RN Lewis & RD King
46	202	NZ v Ind	Hyderabad LBS	08-11-1999	SB Styris & CJ Drum
24	111	Eng v SA	Johannesburg	13-02-2000	CMW Read & AD Mullally
62	164	Ind v SA	Sharjah	22-03-2000	A Jadeja & J Srinath
55	153	Pak v SA	Colombo SSC	12-07-2000	Shoaib Malik & Mushtaq Ahmed
35	123	WI v Aus	Adelaide	26-01-2001	NAM McLean & CE Cuffy
66	192	Ken v WI	Nairobi Gym	18-08-2001	JK Kamande & P Ongando
38	165	Ind v Eng	The Oval	09-07-2002	A Kumble & A Nehra
50	132	NZ v Aus	Colombo SSC	15-09-2002	KD Mills & SE Bond
42	84	Nam v Pak	Kimberley	16-02-2003	BL Kotze & RJ van Vuuren
54	134	Pak v Eng	Cape Town	22-02-2003	Saqlain Mushtaq & Shoaib Akhtar
31	109	SL v Ind	Johannesburg	10-03-2003	CRD Fernando & M Muralitharan
46	186	BD v Pak	Multan	09-09-2003	Mushfiqur Rahman & Mohammad Rafique
36	143	BD v Eng	Chittagong	07-11-2003	Jamaluddin Ahmed & Tapash Baisya
21	88	Eng v SL	Dambulla	18-11-2003	AF Giles & JM Anderson
39	126	Pak v NZ	Napier	14-01-2004	Shoaib Akhtar & Mohammad Sami
37	163	WI v SA	Port Elizabeth	28-01-2004	R Rampaul & CD Collymore
31	203	Ind v Aus	Perth	01-02-2004	M Kartik & L Balaji