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AHMEDABAD, India -- Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers shared South Africa's record stand against India when they put on 256 for the fifth wicket in the second Test at Ahmedabad.
The fifth wicket record stand ends as Kallis edges a ball from Sreesanth onto his stumps.
De Villiers made 217 not out and Kallis 132 as the visitors amassed 494 for seven to lead by 418 runs after the second day,
South Africa's previous highest for any wicket against India in Tests was 236, between opening batsmen Gary Kirsten and Andrew Hudson at Kolkata in 1996.
It was another frustrating day for the home side, routed for 76 before lunch on the first day.
They toiled for more than three hours in hot conditions before tasting their first success. Neither spinners nor seamers could keep pressure on Kallis and De Villiers.
When Kallis inside-edged paceman Shanthakumaran Sreesanth's delivery on to his stumps in the afternoon session, South Africa were 297 runs ahead with five wickets in hand.
The 32-year-old Kallis surpassed Australian Don Bradman's 29 centuries during his responsible 275-ball innings containing a six and 14 fours.
India's Sachin Tendulkar holds the world record of 39 Test hundreds, followed by Australian Ricky Ponting (34), India's Sunil Gavaskar (34), West Indian Brian Lara (34), Australians Steve Waugh (32) and Matthew Hayden and Kallis (30).
The 24-year-old De Villiers reached his fifth Test hundred -- his first against India -- when he scooped a Sourav Ganguly delivery to fine leg for his eleventh four.
His century came from 174 balls and he needed only another 146 deliveries to achieve his maiden double hundred. In all he hit two sixes and 17 fours. E-mail to a friend 
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