Highest Partnership in T20 International History

Cricket is a game where the partnership between the two batsmen plays a very important role, and every team, whether it is a one-day international, T20 international, or a test match is wanting some big partnerships that will put a high total on the scoreboard.

There is no doubt that when a team has some big partnerships in the middle, they are releasing pressure from the other upcoming batsmen and allowing them to play their game more freely. There have been only three occurrences in the history of T20 Internationals in which a team has formed a partnership that has gone beyond 200 runs.

Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani of Afghanistan have made the highest partnership in the history of T20I cricket, which stands at 236 runs made against Ireland at Dehradun on 23 February 2019. The Afghanistan opener, Hazratullah Zazai, played a brilliant inning along the way by scoring a massive 162 runs from just 62 balls at a strike rate of 261.29 from just 62 balls.

The partnership between the two players contributed to Afghanistan scoring a very high total on the scoreboard in the form of 278 runs.

On 7 May 2010, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul built the highest partnership between the two Indian players, scoring 165 runs against Sri Lanka at Bridgetown, which was a record for the country. With just 43 balls to his name, Rohit Sharma struck a century and added 118 runs to his score.

There have been only three teams with a score of 200 or more as a partnership, and they are Afghanistan, Australia, and the Scottish team. There was a significant difference between Afghanistan’s total of 223 runs and Australia’s total of 192 runs at number two, and Scotland’s total of 200 runs at number three.

T20 International’s Top Partnership

T20 International partnership list

Batsmen (Team)	Runs	Against	Venue	Date
Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani (Afghanistan)	236	Ireland	Dehradun	23 Feb 2019
Aaron Finch and D’Arcy Short (Australia)	223	Zimbabwe	Harare	3 Jul 2018
George Munsey and Kyle Coetzer (Scotland)	200	Netherlands	Dublin (Malahide)	16 Sep 2019
Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam (Pakistan)	197	South Africa	Centurian	14 Apr 2021
Devon Conway and Glenn Phillips (New Zealand)	184	West Indies	Mount Maunganui	29 Nov 2020
Dawid Malan and Eoin Morgan (England)	182	New Zealand	Napier	8 Nov 2019
Sanju Samson and Deepak Hooda (India)	176	Ireland	Dublin	28 Jun 2022
Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson (New Zealand)	171*	Pakistan	Hamilton	17 Jan 2016
Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman (South Africa)	170	England	Centurion	15 Nov 2009
Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan (England)	167*	South Africa	Cape Town	1 Dec 2020
Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)	166	West Indies	Bridgetown	7 May 2010
Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul (India)	165	Sri Lanka	Indore	22 Dec 2017
David Warner and Glenn Maxwell (Australia)	161	South Africa	Johannesburg	6 Mar 2016
Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan (India)	160	Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	27 Jun 2018
Alex Hales and Ravi Bopara (England)	159	West Indies	Nottingham	24 Jun 2012
Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan (India)	158	New Zealand	Delhi	1 Nov 2017