Top 10: Highest Partnership in T20 World Cup for any Wicket

Cricket is a team sport, and partnerships make the team win the match; the batting partnership helps a team to put up a great score on the board while batting first or chasing a total while batting second.

In this article, we will talk about the Top Ten Partnerships in T20 World Cup for any Wickets.

#10 KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma (India) – 140 runs against Afghanistan, 2021

After losing the first two matches in the T20 World Cup, India was facing Afghanistan at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. In the third match, the Indian openers struggled severely in the first two matches against Pakistan and New Zealand, but this time, both the Indian openers, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul, came out all guns blazing. Both of them stitched an opening partnership of 140 runs for India in 14.4 overs.

Individually, Rohit Sharma scored top in India with his knock of 74 runs from 47 balls, consisting of 8 fours and 3 sixes. Meanwhile, KL Rahul scored 69 runs off 48 deliveries with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes.

#9 Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt (Pakistan) – 142 runs against Bangladesh, 2010

Pakistani openers Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt played beautifully against Bangladesh at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia, in the first match of Pakistan at the T20 World Cup 2010. Both the opener stitched an opening partnership of 142 runs from 15.5 overs.

Both the openers got out on the individual score of 73 runs; the Pakistani wicketkeeper batter Kamran scored 73 runs from 55 balls, and the left-handed opener Butt scored 73 off 46 balls.

#8 Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag (India) – 136 runs against England, 2007

India vs England T20 World Cup 2007 match is remembered for Yuvraj Singh’s six sixes in an over against Broad. Still, before the left-handed batter took over, Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag set up the platform for the finishers.

India got an opening partnership of 136 runs from the first 14.4 overs. Gambhir individually scored 58 runs from 41 deliveries, and Sehwag scored 68 runs from 52 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes.

#7 Chris Gayle and Devon Smith (West Indies) – 145 runs against South Africa, 2007

Chris Gayle lit up the inaugural match of the T20 World Cup, 2007, by scoring a century against the hosts South Africa. West Indies batting first against South Africa at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg opened the innings with Chris Gayle and Devon Smith. Both stitched a partnership of 145 runs.

In this partnership, Devon was just an anchor. In their collaboration, he scored just 35 runs from 34 deliveries, and Gayle played the role of the aggressor, Contributing more than a Hundred runs in the partnership.

#6 Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw (South Africa) – 168 runs against Bangladesh, 2022

Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw stitched a partnership of 168 runs against Bangladesh in the 2022 T20 World Cup; South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Bangladesh got a wicket early, sending Temba Bavuma back to the pavilion for just 2 runs.

Rilee Rossow smashed 8 sixes in his innings of 109 runs off 56 balls, and Quinton de Kock scored 63 runs from 38 balls. With the help of these innings, South Africa piled up a total of 205 runs in their 20 overs, and they won the match by 104 runs, bowling out Bangladesh for 101 runs; Anrich Nortje picked up four wickets.

#5 Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam (Pakistan) – 152* runs against India, 2021

In the T20 World Cup 2021, Pakistani captain Babar Azam and the wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan opening the innings for Pakistan stitched a partnership of 152 runs, scripting a historic win for Pakistan against the Indian team at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.

The wicketkeeper batter top scored for Pakistan in the run chase of 152 runs by playing a knock of 79* runs from 55 deliveries, and the skipper scored 68* runs off 52 balls. Pakistan asked India to bat first; Shaheen Shah Afridi took the wickets of the Indian openers early in the powerplay, sending Rohit Sharma back for a duck and KL Rahul for 3 runs.

#4 Alex Hales and Eoin Morgan (England) – 152 runs against Sri Lanka, 2014

In the T20 World Cup 2014, Alex Hales and Eoin Morgan stitched a partnership of 152 runs for the second wicket against Sri Lanka at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram. Chasing 190 runs, England lost two wickets in the first over of the innings to Kulasekara.

Hales played one of the finest knocks in the history of the T20 World Cup, smashing 116* runs off 64 balls consisting of 11 fours and 6 sixers. Eoin Morgan scored 57 runs from 38 balls.

#3 Kumar Sangakkara & Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) – 166 runs vs West Indies, 2010

Sri Lankan legends Kumar Sangakkara & Mahela Jayawardene stitched a partnership of 166 runs against West Indies in the T20 World Cup 2010 at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. Sri Lanka scored 195 runs in 20 overs with the help of Kumar Sangakkara & Mahela Jayawardene’s innings. Jayawardene, opening the batting for Sri Lanka, scored 98* runs off 56 balls with 9 fours and 4 sixes. Sangakara, batting at 4, scored 68 runs off 49 balls.

West Indies lost the match by 57 runs as they scored only 138 runs from their 20 overs. Malinga and Ajantha Mendis picked 3 wickets each.

#2 David Warner & Mitchell Marsh (Australia) – 124 runs vs West Indies, 2021

Australian opener David Warner and the number 3 batter Mitchell Marsh stitched a partnership of 124 runs against West Indies at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, in match 38 of the T20 World Cup 2021.

Australia, chasing 158 runs, lost the wicket of their captain, Aaron Finch, early, but Warner and Marsh ensured a comfortable win for them, with Warner scoring 89* off 56 balls and Marsh scoring 53 runs from 32 balls.

#1 Jos Buttler and Alex Hales (England) – 170* runs against India, 2022

England’s captain, Jos Buttler, and their former opener, Alex Hales, stitched a historic opening stand of 170 runs against India in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022 at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide. England won the toss and asked India to bat first. India scored 168 runs from their 20 overs; Hardik Pandya scored top-scoring for India with his knock of 63 runs from 33 runs, consisting of 5 sixes.

England chased down the total in just 16 overs; Alex Hales scored 86* runs from 47 balls, and the captain scored 80 runs off 49 deliveries; both of them dominated the pacers in the powerplay, Smashing 25 runs in 2 overs of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and also took the spinners to the cleaners.

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