New Zealand opening batsmen made unbeaten 171 runs partnership against Pakistan at Hamilton on Sunday while they were chasing 169 runs in the 2nd T20I match.
Chasing down 169 runs in 20 overs, New Zealand’s two openers Martin Guptill and skipper Kane Williamson smashed all the Pakistani bowlers. Guptill remained unbeaten at the end on 87 runs off 58 balls with 9-fours and 4-sixes while Williamson remained not out till the end at 72 runs off 48 balls with 11-fours. New Zealand reached the target in 17.4 overs without losing any wicket.
Guptill and Williamson broke the record of the highest run partnership for all wickets in the T20I international cricket. The previous best partnership was also for the first wicket of 170 runs between South African opening batsmen Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman against England at Centurion in 2009.
Alex Hales has been involved most times in this partnership list. He is involved three times in this list while West Indian batsman Chris Gayle is involved twice in this list. Former Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene is also involved two times in this list.
No partnership from India and Australia has taken the spot in the top 10. India’s highest T20I partnership was 138 runs between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for the second wicket while Australia’s highest T20I partnership was 133 runs between Shane Watson and David Warner for the first wicket.
Here is the list of top 10 highest runs partnership in T20Is:
|
Partners |
Runs |
Wkt |
Team |
Opposition |
Ground |
Date |
|
Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson |
171* |
1st |
New Zealand |
Pakistan |
Hamilton |
17.01.2016 |
|
Greame Smith, Loots Bosman |
170 |
1st |
South Africa |
England |
Centurion |
15.11.2009 |
|
Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara |
166 |
2nd |
Sri Lanka |
West Indies |
Bridgetown |
07.05.2010 |
|
Alex Hales, Ravi Bopara |
159 |
2nd |
England |
West Indies |
Nottingham |
24.06.2012 |
|
Alex Hales, Eoin Morgan |
152 |
3rd |
England |
Sri Lanka |
Chittagong |
27.03.2014 |
|
Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels |
152 |
2nd |
West Indies |
South Africa |
Johannesburg |
11.01.2015 |
|
Chris Gayle, Devon Smith |
145 |
1st |
West Indies |
South Africa |
Johannesburg |
11.09.2007 |
|
Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene |
145 |
2nd |
Sri Lanka |
England |
Chittagong |
27.03.2014 |
|
Michael Lumb, Alex Hales |
143* |
1st |
England |
New Zealand |
Wellington |
15.02.2013 |
|
Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez |
143* |
2nd |
Pakistan |
Zimbabwe |
Harare |
24.08.2013 |
|
Kamran Akmal, Salman Butt |
142 |
1st |
Pakistan |
Bangladesh |
St Lucia |
01.05.2010 |