The ODI World Cup, the pinnacle of international cricket, has seen several outstanding combinations that have permanently impacted the format of the competition. Building partnership is extremely, as both 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 world cup.
1. Chris Gayle And Marlon Samuels
Chris Gayle And Marlon Samuels had the highest partnership in the history of the world cup; it came in the 2015 World Cup, West Indies were facing Zimbabwe when West Indies were batting first when they lost Dywane Smith to Duck, and that’s when Marlon Smith came and Chris Gayle and he had a partnership of 372 runs, which is still the highest of the tournament, West Indies went on to win the match, and Chris Gayle scored 215 runs in 147 balls including ten 4s and 16 6s.
2. Sourav Ganguly And Rahul Dravid
Sourav Ganguly And Rahul Dravid had the second-highest partnership in the history of the world cup; it came in the 1999 world cup when India was facing Sri Lanka in the group stage; India was batting first when they lost Sadagopan Ramesh in 5 runs when Rahul Dravid came into batting with Sourav Ganguly already in the middle when they both scored a century and had a partnership of 318 runs. India won the match with Sourav Ganguly named the man of the match when he scored 183 runs with 17 4s and seven 6s.
3. Upul Tharanga And Tillakaratne Dilshan
Upul Tharanga And Tillakaratne Dilshan had the third-highest partnership in the history of the world cup when they scored 282 runs in the 2011 world cup when they faced Zimbabwe in the group stage match, batting first both their openers scored a century, with Tillakaratne Dilshan named as man of the match, he also took four wickets while he was bowling.
4. David Warner And Steve Smith
David Warner And Steve Smith had the fourth-highest partnership in the history of the world cup; when they faced Afghanistan in the group stage of the 2015 World Cup, David Warner scored a century while Steve Smith scored 95 runs for his team. With all the contribution, Australia scored 417 runs and won the match by 275 runs. David Warner was named Man of the Match as he scored 178 runs which includes 19 4s and 5 6s.
5. David Miller And J.P. Duminy
David Miller and J.P Duminy had the highest 5th wicket partnership in the history of the World Cup, South Africa was 83/4 against Zimbabwe in the 2015 World Cup when Miller and Duminy came in to strike, and both scored an unbeaten century taking their team from 83/4 to 339/4. South Africa won by 62 runs, with David Miller named the Man of the Match.
6. Hashim Amla And Faf Du Plessis
Hashim Amla And Faf Du Plessis, another South African in the list, this is the same world cup when South Africa faced Ireland in the group stage; South Africa batting first; they lost De Kock early when Faf Du Plessis came to bat, and when they made sixth highest partnership in the world cup. When they made, 247 runs and Hashim Amla was named Man of the Match.
7. Sachin Tendulkar And Sourav Ganguly
Sachin Tendulkar And Sourav Ganguly made the second-highest Indian partnership in the world cup; it came against Namibia in the 2003 world cup, India lost Virendra Sehwag, and that’s when Sachin Tendulkar And Sourav Ganguly went into the crease with them scoring a century and taking the score to 311, which they easily defended and won by 181 runs with Sachin Tendulkar named the Man of the match.
8. Sachin Tendulkar And Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar And Rahul Dravid are once again on the list, but this time they are together; they made the highest partnership for the third wicket when they faced Kenya in a group stage match in the 1999 world cup, and they both combined to make 237 runs for their team with unbeaten century for each one of them, they won the match by 94 runs with Sachin Tendulkar named the Man of the Match as they scored 140 runs with 16 fours and three sixes.
9. Ricky Pointing And Damien Martyn
Ricky Pointing And Damien Martyn made the ninth-highest partnership in history, and they did it at the best time possible when they faced India in the 2003 World Cup Final. Australia lost both their openers when their captain came on the crease, and he contributed 140 runs to the 234 runs partnership with Damien Martyn for the third wicket. Australia won the match by 125 runs as India was never in the game, and with that, Australia won the 2003 World Cup.
10. Upul Tharanga And Tillakaratne Dilshan
Upul Tharanga And Tillakaratne Dilshan are once again on this list, they scored the second-highest opening partnership, but this was different from the first one as this came while chasing the target of 230 runs against England in the 2011 World Cup Quarter Final. England, while batting first, scored 229/6; Sri Lanka chased this target easily in 39.3 overs when both their openers scored an unbeaten century.
