Highest Partnership: Even though there isn’t much room to bat in a 50-over cricket match, unlike in Tests, there have been some great partnerships over the years in the One Day International (ODI) format. Five ODI partnerships with more than 300 people have been made since 1999. Three of them were from 2015, and two of them had more than 350 runs.
Highest Partnership in ODI
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1. Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels – 372 vs Zimbabwe, 2015
West Indies were favorites in their 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Pool B encounter versus Zimbabwe. Dwayne Smith was out for a duck in the second ball, so Chris Gayle joined Marlon Samuels at 0/1. West Indies batted 50 overs. Chris Gayle scored 215 runs off 147 balls, striking 16 sixes. He was removed on the penultimate ball of his innings, missing a record for most sixes by a single player in a match. Marlon Samuels scored 133 in 156 balls.
Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels posted 372/2, the highest ODI partnership ever. Windies won by 89 runs (D/L).
2. John Campbell and Shai Hope – 365 vs Ireland, 2019
Unsurprisingly, West Indies has the second-highest ODI partnership. This time, it was in Dublin in a 2019 tri-nation series. John Campbell and Shai Hope opened for West Indies. West Indies had 365 runs when Ireland claimed their first wicket in the 48th over.
John Campbell scored 179 runs in 137 balls with 15 fours and six sixes; Shai Hope scored 170 with 22 fours and two sixes (152 balls). West Indies scored 381 and Ireland 185.
3. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid – 331 vs New Zealand, 1999
Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid formed India’s best ODI partnership in 1999. India wanted to bounce back after New Zealand won the opening ODI 1-0. Rahul Dravid joined Sachin Tendulkar at the crease in the second over, dismissing Sourav Ganguly.
The pair batted until the 48th over, putting up 331 runs when Rahul Dravid was out for 153, his greatest ODI score. Sachin Tendulkar finished unbeaten with 186, with 20 fours and 3 sixes. New Zealand was bowled out for 202 by India (376/2).
| Players | Partnerships | Wicket | Match |
| Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels | 372 | 2nd | West Indies vs Zimbabwe, 2015 |
| John Campbell and Shai Hope | 365 | 1st | West Indies vs Ireland, 2019 |
| Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid | 331 | 2nd | India vs New Zealand, 1999 |
| Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid | 318 | 2nd | India vs Sri Lanka, 1999 |
| Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman | 304 | 1st | Pakistan vs Zimbabwe, 2018 |
| Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das | 292 | 1st | Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, 2020 |
| Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya | 286 | 1st | Sri Lanka v England, 2006 |
| David Warner and Travis Head | 284 | 1st | Australia vs Pakistan, 2017 |
| Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla | 282* | 1st | South Africa vs Bangladesh, 2017 |
| Upul Tharanga and Tilakratne Dilshan | 282 | 1st | Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe, 2011 |
Highest Partnership in Test
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In the first Test against England at Lord’s, the pair overcame Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer to become the third-most prolific Test partnership, scoring 6,082 runs as Sangakkara scored his 36th Test century.
Here are the top Test batting partnerships. Please use the comments section to share your memories of watching these legends play.
5. Rahul Dravid & VVS Laxman (India)
Era: 1996-2012
Innings: 86
Runs: 4,065
Average: 51.45
Nobody in the history of the game has been as good at staying at the crease as the current generation of Indian batsmen. Six of them make up four of the top 10 partnerships.
It was fun to watch Laxman, whose initials were said to stand for “Very Very Special,” and it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Dravid is on the list, since many tired and frustrated bowlers could attest to the truth of his nickname “The Wall”.
4. Matthew Hayden & Justin Langer (Australia)
Era: 1997-2007
Innings: 122
Runs: 6,081
Average: 51.53
Hayden and Langer led from the front in Australia’s all-conquering side at the turn of the century.
Langer was a gritty counterpart to Hayden’s dominance, but both were run-hungry. When Langer replaced Michael Slater at The Oval in 2001, the pair piled on 158 runs and never looked back, scoring 5,655 runs at the top of the order for a total of 6,081.
3. Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
Era: 2000-Present
Innings: 113
Runs: 6,151
Average: 56.43
The silky Sri Lankan players are still going strong in Tests, even though they gave up the shorter format after winning the World Twenty20.
They are true all-time greats, each with more than 11,000 Test runs and an average of more than 50. More than a quarter of these runs have been scored with each other.
2. Gordon Greenidge & Desmond Haynes (West Indies)
Era: 1978-1991
Innings: 113
Runs: 6,151
Average: 56.43
Great fast bowlers made the West Indies the most feared side in the 1970s and 1980s, while Viv Richards is most vividly remembered for his batting flair. This explosive opening partnership often gave bowlers runs and let Richards to play his strokes.
Greenidge and Haynes are the only players on this list to have scored runs together in the 1980s, much alone the 1970s. They have 42 partnerships of 50 or more, the same number as Hayden and Langer, albeit not altogether as an opening combination. Greenidge and Haynes transformed two more 50s into 100s.
1. Rahul Dravid & Sachin Tendulkar (India)
Era: 1996-2012
Innings: 143
Runs: 6,920
Average: 50.51
As with Sangakkara and Jayawardene for Sri Lanka, India was lucky to have The Little Master and The Wall play much of their careers together.
Both in the top four run-scorers of all time, led by Tendulkar, they made more than 29,000 runs between them, and just under a fifth were made together. On 49 instances, their partnerships were worth more than fifty, or once every three innings. They also registered 20 centuries together, more than any other pair in Test history.
Highest partnership in T20
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Cricket partnerships build batting foundations. In the action-packed 20-over T20 format, scoring runs while keeping a high run-rate is vital. Twenty20 cricket was previously a game of power hitters with high strike-rates, but creating partnerships and crafting an innings has become more important.
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Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani have the highest T20 partnership. They had a 236-run opening stand against Ireland on Feb. 23, 2019, which is a T20 record. Afghanistan’s 278 runs batting first are the equal most in men’s T20 cricket. Australia’s Aaron Finch and D’Arcy Short owned the previous record. Two batted for 223 against Zimbabwe. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers had the highest Indian T20 League partnership.
In 2016, the two put on a 229-run second-wicket stand against Team Gujarat in Bengaluru. Bangalore reached 248/3 in 20 overs, the second-highest Indian T20 League total.
| Partners | Runs | For | Against | Format |
| H Zazai, Usman Ghani (Afghanistan) | 236 | 1st wicket | Ireland | T20I |
| V Kohli, AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | 229 | 2nd wicket | Gujarat Lions | T20 (IPL) |
| A Finch, D Short (Australia) | 223 | 1st wicket | Zimbabwe | T20I |
| S Davizi, Dylan Steyn (Czech Republic) | 220 | 1st wicket | Bulgaria | T20I |
| V Kohli, AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | 215* | 2nd wicket | Mumbai Indians | T20 (IPL) |
| Balaji Pai, Louis Bruce (Gibraltar) | 213* | 1st wicket | Bulgaria | T20I |
| S Iyer, SK Yadav (Mumbai) | 213 | 3rd wicket | Sikkim | T20 (Domestic) |
| Q de Kock, KL Rahul (Lucknow Super Giants) | 210* | 1st wicket | KKR | T20 (IPL) |
| K Akmal, S Butt (Lahore Whites) | 209* | 1st wicket | Islamabad | T20 (Domestic) |
| J Denly, Bell-Drummond (Kent) | 207 | 1st wicket | Essex | T20 (Domestic) |
| M Stoinis, H Cartwright (Melbourne Stars) | 207 | 1st wicket | Sydney Sixers | T20 (BBL) |
| A Gilchrist, S Marsh (Kings XI Punjab) | 206 | 2nd wicket | Royal Challengers Bangalore | T20 (IPL) |
| C Gayle, V Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | 204* | 2nd wicket | Delhi Daredevils | T20 (IPL) |
| Babar Azam, M Rizwan (Pak) | 203* | 1st wicket | England | T20I |
| M Wade, D Short (Hobart Hurricanes) | 203 | 1st wicket | Adelaide Strikers | T20 (BBL) |
| M Juneja, A Malek (Gujarat) | 202* | 4th wicket | Kerala | T20 (Domestic) |
| C Gayle, B McCullum (Rangpur Riders) | 201* | 2nd wicket | Dhaka Dynamites | T20 (BPL) |
| P Ingram, J How (Central Districts) | 201 | 1st wicket | Wellington | T20 (Domestic) |
| H Munsey, K Coetzer (Scotland) | 200 | 1st wicket | Netherlands | T20I |
