The T20 World Cup, the pinnacle of international T20 cricket, has seen several outstanding combinations that have permanently impacted the format of the competition. Building partnership is extremely, as both the batters must play well to put up a good target, and not everyone can do it, but we will talk about the top 10 most successful partnerships in the T20 world cup.
1. Jos Butler And Alex Hales
Jos Butler And Alex Hales had the highest partnership in the history of the T20 World Cup; this came in the most important match, it was in the 2022 World Cup Semi-Final, when they faced India, India batting first gave a target of 169 runs, which was easy for the England openers Jos Butler And Alex Hales chased this target in 16 overs with both of them scoring 80 plus runs.
2. Rilee Rossouw And Quinton De Kock
Rilee Rossouw And Quinton De Kock had the second-highest partnership in the history of the T20 world cup, this was in the same edition of the world cup as the previous one, but this time it was in the group stage match when South Africa was facing Bangladesh, while batting first they lost their captain on a single digit, and that’s when the partnership between them happened when Rossouw scored a century and De Kock scored 63 runs.
3. Mahela Jayawardene And Kumar Sangakkara
Mahela Jayawardene And Kumar Sangakkara, the two legends of this game, combined to put the third-highest partnership in the world cup when they faced West Indies in the 2010 world cup in the group stage match. Sri Lanka was batting first when they lost their opener to Kemar Roach when Mahela Jayawardene And Kumar Sangakkara scored 166 runs to give a target of 196, which West Indies could not chase, and Sri Lanka won the match by 57 runs.
4. Mohammed Rizwan And Babar Azam
Mohammed Rizwan And Babar Azam have the fourth-highest partnership in the history of the T20 World Cup; this came in the most important match when Pakistan was facing India in the 2021 world cup in the group stage match. India batting first gave a target of 152, which was extremely easy for Pakistan as they chased this target with 13 balls remaining and did not lose any wicket, with Mohammed Rizwan scoring 79 runs and Babar Azam scoring 68 runs.
5. Alex Hales And Eoin Morgan
Alex Hales And Eoin Morgan have the fifth-highest partnership in history as it came against Sri Lanka in the 2014 World Cup group stage. Sri Lanka batting first gave a target of 190 to England; England lost their opener on a duck and were 0/2 when Eoin Morgan joined Alex Hales and they both went and scored 152 runs and won the match for their team with Alex Hales scoring a century.
6. Chris Gayle And Devon Smith
Chris Gayle And Devon Smith have the third highest first wicket partnership in the world cup, but this is different as it came in the losing side; West Indies were facing South Africa in the first match of the first-ever world cup when West Indies batting gave a target of 205 to South Africa with Gayle scoring a century but West Indies lost this match as Herschelle Gibbs scored 90 runs to win this match for his team.
7. Salman Butt And Karman Akmal
Salman Butt And Karman Akmal have the seventh-highest wicket partnership in the world cup; this came in the 2010 world up when Pakistan was facing Bangladesh in the group stage match. Pakistan batting first scored 172 runs, with both their openers scoring 142 runs for the first wicket as both scored 73 runs each; Pakistan won the match by 21 runs, with Salman Butt winning the man of the match.
8. Rohit Sharma And Kl Rahul
Rohit Sharma And Kl Rahul have the highest Indian partnership in the T20 world cup; when they faced Afghanistan in the 2021 World Cup group stage match, India batting first scored 210 runs with 140 runs coming in the first wicket partnership as Rohit Sharma scored 74 runs and KL Rahul scored 69 runs for their team as India won this match by 66 runs.
9. Virendra Sehwag And Gautam Gambir
Virendra Sehwag And Gautam Gambir have the second-highest Indian partnership in the T20 world cup, this match was famous for Yuvraj Singh 6 sixes but was also famous for the opening partnership between Virendra Sehwag And Gautam Gambir as they both combined to score 136 runs, as Sehwag scored 68 runs and Gautam Gambir scored 58 runs, as India won this match by 18 runs.
10. Chris Gayle And Andre Fletcher
Chris Gayle and Andre Flecther have the second-highest West Indies partnership in the T20 world cup; this came against Australia in the 2009 World Cup group stage match; Australia's batting first gave a target of 170 runs, West Indies openers combined to score 133 runs as Andre Fletcher scored 53 runs and Chris Gayle scored 88 runs and won the man of the match.
