You must have come across stats that have given us insights on highest partnerships in ODI cricket. While we all know that the record for highest partnership is held by Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid for their stand of 331 runs against New Zealand for 2nd wickets is still the best. But when we talk about unbeaten partnerships then there are many new names that make it to the list and there is one that has made its entry from the ongoing CWC 2015 too.
Unbeaten partnerships also hold a huge importance in any teams performance as the two partners who have played together for so long must finish the job as well for the team rather than getting out and leaving the new to handle the pressure –
|
Partners |
Runs |
Wkt |
Team |
Opp |
Ground |
Match Date |
|
Md. Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja |
275* |
4th |
India |
Zim |
Cuttack |
9 Apr, 1998 |
|
Grant Elliott, Luke Ronchi |
267* |
6th |
New Zealand |
SL |
Dunedin |
23 Jan, 2015 |
|
David Miller, JP Duminy |
256* |
5th |
South Africa |
Zim |
Hamilton |
15 Feb, 2015 |
|
Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting |
252* |
2nd |
Australia |
Eng |
Centurion |
2 Oct, 2009 |
|
Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar |
237* |
3rd |
India |
Ken |
Bristol |
23 May, 1999 |
|
Ricky Ponting, Damien Martyn |
234* |
3rd |
Australia |
Ind |
Johannesburg |
23 Mar, 2003 |
|
Upul Tharangs, T. Dilshan |
231* |
1st |
Sri Lanka |
Eng |
Colombo |
26 Mar, 2011 |
|
Md Hafeez, Imran Farhat |
228* |
1st |
Pakistan |
Zim |
Harare |
11 Sep, 2011 |
|
Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara |
226* |
5th |
England |
Ire |
Dublin |
3 Sep, 2013 |
|
DM Jones, Allan Border |
224* |
3rd |
Australia |
SL |
Adelaide |
28 Jan, 1985 |
Stat updated till February 15, 2015
One thing that doesn’t change in both the stats (Highest partnerships and highest unbeaten partnerships) is that, India tops both of the lists. Here it is the partnership of Mohammed Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja of 275 runs against Zimbabwe. The most recent entrant into this list is the partnership of David Miller and JP Duminy. South Africa had lost 4 wickets with almost 100 runs on board and was in trouble against Zimbabwe. But this pair came to the teams rescue and both of them scored brilliantly centuries. They both ended the innings being not out with an unbeaten partnership of 256 runs. Making it the 3rd highest unbeaten partnership in One Day Internationals and highest ever in a World Cups.