T20 WC 2024 started with a century partnership, these are the top 5 partnerships of the tournament

There have been more than 40 century partnerships in the T20 World Cup since it started in 2007, including five partnerships of more than 150 runs. Two of these five 150+ partnerships are against the Indian team (Team India). Not only this, the biggest partnership of the tournament is also against Team India. In the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup held in Australia in the year 2022, England's Alex Hales and captain Jos Buttler forced India to suffer a humiliating defeat of 10 wickets by adding an unbeaten 170 runs for the first wicket. Let us tell you, India is the only team that has lost the match by a big margin of 10 wickets twice in the T20 World Cup so far.

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Let's take a look at the 150+ partnerships in the T20 World Cup.

170 not out, England vs India
The record for the biggest partnership of the T20 World Cup was made in the second semi-final of 2022. The unbeaten 170-run partnership between England captain Jos Buttler and Alex Hales made this match in Adelaide one-sided. England won this match by 10 wickets to make it to the final and then defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the title match to become the second team to win the T20 World Cup twice. In this semi-final match, India scored 168 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs with the help of Virat Kohli's 50 and Hardik Pandya's 63 runs. In reply, England achieved the target in just 16 overs without losing any wicket, thanks to the innings of Jos Buttler (80 not out, 49 balls, 9 fours and 3 sixes) and Alex Hales (86 not out, 47 balls, 4 fours and 7 sixes).

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168 runs, South Africa vs Bangladesh
The second-highest partnership of the T20 World Cup also took place in 2022. South Africa's Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw added 168 runs for the second wicket in the match against Bangladesh. During this, de Kock scored 63 runs with the help of seven fours and three sixes in 38 balls and Rossouw scored 109 runs with the help of seven fours and eight sixes in 56 balls. Due to the important contribution of these two batsmen, South Africa, batting first, scored 205 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Bangladesh's team was all out for 101 runs in 16.3 overs. South Africa won the match by 104 runs.

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166 runs, Sri Lanka vs West Indies

In the 2010 World Cup held in the Caribbean Islands, Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene added 166 runs for the second wicket against hosts West Indies. This is the third-highest partnership in T20 World Cup. Batting first in Bridgetown, Sri Lanka scored 195 runs for the loss of 3 wickets with the help of Jayawardene's unbeaten 98 (56 balls, 9 fours and four sixes) and Sangakkara's 68 (49 balls, 5 fours and three sixes). In reply, the West Indies team could only score 138 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Ajantha Mendis and Lasith Malinga took three wickets each to ensure Sri Lanka's victory by 57 runs.

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152 not out, Pakistan vs India

In the match against India in the T20 World Cup 2021, Pakistan openers Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam made an unbeaten partnership of 152 runs for the first wicket. In this match, the Virat Kohli brigade was forced to drink the bitter cup of defeat by 10 wickets. Nothing went well for Team India in this match held in Dubai amid the Corona epidemic. Shaheen Afridi spoiled India's start by dismissing Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul early. Thanks to captain Virat's 57 and Rishabh Pant's 39 runs, Team India managed to reach 151 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Rizwan's unbeaten 79 (55 balls, six fours and three sixes) and captain Babar Azam's unbeaten 68 (52 balls, six fours and two sixes) gave Pakistan an easy win. Let us tell you, the 'high voltage' match between arch rivals India and Pakistan (India Vs Pakistan) is to be held on June 9 in the T20 World Cup 2024.

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152 runs, England vs Sri Lanka
England has another record of a partnership of more than 150 runs, which was made by the pair of Alex Hales and Eoin Morgan for the third wicket against Sri Lanka in the 2014 T20 World Cup. In this match, while chasing Sri Lanka's score of 189 runs for 4 wickets, England had a disappointing start and the wickets of Michael Lumb (0) and Moeen Ali (0) fell in the very first over. England suffered two setbacks before the account was opened. After this, Hales and Morgan cleared the way for the team's victory by adding 152 runs for the third wicket. Morgan was dismissed as the third wicket after scoring 57 runs (38 balls, seven fours and two sixes). After Butler was dismissed as the fourth wicket, Hales (116 not out, 64 balls, 11 fours and 6 sixes) along with Ravi Bopara (11 not out) gave the team a 6-wicket victory in 19.2 overs.

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