Highest 10th Wicket Partnership in T20 | Top 10

The 10th wicket in cricket is often seen as a formality, with the last two batsmen simply trying to delay the inevitable. However, there have been some incredible 10th-wicket partnerships in t20 internationals that have turned matches on their head. 

The highest 10th wicket partnership in t20 is 62 runs. Khengar Bhal Ahir and Nikunj Ahir of Panama made that unbeaten 62-run partnership against Argentina in 2021.

Top 10 Highest 10th Wicket Partnerships In T20 Internationals

Here are the top 10 highest 10th wicket partnerships in T20 cricket:

1. Khengar Bhal Ahir and Nikunj Ahir (Panama) – 62* Runs Partnership

Khengar Bhal Ahir and Nikunj Ahir made a stunning 62-run partnership for the 10th wicket for Panama against Argentina in 2021. 

Ahir chipped in with 20 runs, while Bhal Ahir top-scored with 32 runs. Although Panama lost the match by 45 runs this partnership not only gave Panama a fighting chance but also showed the fighting spirit of lower-order batsmen.

2. Sherul Mehta and Khalid Ahmadi (Belgium) – 54 Runs Partnership

Another incredible 10th-wicket partnership came in 2021 when Sherul Mehta and Khalid Ahmadi combined for 54 runs for Belgium against Malta.

Their valiant effort helped Belgium reach 128 runs. Despite the loss, Mehta and Ahmadi’s knock showed the power of determination and resilience, proving that even the tailenders can have a significant impact on the game.

3. Molai Matsau and Ts’episo Chaoana (Lesotho) – 45 Runs Partnership

Molai Matsau and Ts’episo Chaoana made a 45-run partnership for the 10th wicket for Lesotho against Swaziland In 2021. Their knock helped Lesotho reach 140 runs, which did not prove to be enough as Swaziland won the match by 54 runs.

This partnership highlighted the importance of every run in T20 cricket, and how even a small contribution from the lower order can make a big difference.

4. Barry McCarthy and Josh Little (Ireland) – 44* Runs Partnership

Barry McCarthy and Josh Little of Ireland put together a 44-run stand against South Africa in Dublin in 2021.

McCarthy scored 30 runs off 25 balls, while Little played a handy knock of 15 runs. Chasing 166, Ireland were struggling but their 44-run partnership helped Ireland to reach 132/9 and they lost the match by 33 runs.

5. Barry McCarthy and Josh Little (Ireland) – 42 Runs Partnership

Irish duo Barry McCarthy and Josh Little have entered the record books twice for their impressive 10th-wicket partnerships. 

Ireland faced South Africa in in Bristol. In reply to South Africa’s 182/6, Ireland were badly struggling and it seemed like they were heading for a heavy defeat. 

However, Barry McCarthy and Josh Little had other ideas. The pair put on a stunning 42-run partnership for the 10th wicket, giving Ireland a glimmer of hope. 

Unfortunately, they fell short by 44 runs, but their partnership was one of the most exciting moments of the match.

6. Hayden Walsh and Obed McCoy (West Indies) – 38* Runs Partnership

Hayden Walsh and Obed McCoy made an unbeaten 38-run partnership against New Zealand In Kingston in August 2022. 

With the West Indies struggling at 87/9 in reply to New Zealand’s 215/5, it looked like they were down and out. 

However, Hayden Walsh and Obed McCoy put on a valiant 38-run partnership, which helped the West Indies reach 125/9. 

New Zealand eventually won the match by 90 runs, but Walsh and McCoy’s partnership was a highlight for the West Indies.

7. Muhammad Tanveer and Mohammed Nadeem (Qatar) – 38* Runs Partnership

Qatar were struggling at 113/9 in reply to Bahrain’s 164/9, it looked like they were heading for a big defeat. 

However, Muhammad Tanveer and Mohammed Nadeem put on a fighting 38-run partnership, which gave Qatar a chance to win the match but they fell just 13 runs short, but their partnership was a valiant effort.

8. Mohammad Adnan and Usman Ali (Saudi Arabia) – 38 Runs Partnership

While batting first, Saudi Arabia were struggling at 88/9 against Qatar but Mohammad Adnan and Usman Ali put on a dramatic 38-run partnership, which helped Saudi Arabia reach a total of 126.

In reply, Qatar chased down the target in 15.3 overs with 4 wickets in hand.

9. Faheem Nellancheri and Raaz Mohammad (Finland) – 38 Runs Partnership

Faheem Nellancheri and Raaz Mohammad of Finland scored 38 runs together against Norway In May 2023. 

With Finland struggling at 63/9 in reply to Norway’s 131/7, it looked like they were going to lose. 

However, Faheem Nellancheri and Raaz Mohammad put on a spirited 38-run partnership, which gave Finland a chance to win the match. They eventually fell short by 30 runs, but their partnership was a highlight for Finland.

10. Matthew Wade and Tanveer Sangha (Australia) – 36* Runs Partnership

Matthew Wade and Tanveer Sangha of Australia made an unbeaten 36-run stand against India In November 2023.

Australia had lost their 9 wickets at 155/9 in reply to India’s 235/4, it looked like they were going to lose the match with a huge margin. 

However, Matthew Wade and Tanveer Sangha put on a determined 36-run partnership, which helped Australia reach 191/9.

India eventually won the match by 44 runs, but Wade and Sangha’s partnership was a positive sign for Australia.

List of All the Highest 10th Wicket Partnerships in T20 Cricket History

Sr. No.	Partners	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Khengar Bhal Ahir, Nikunj Ahir	62*	Panama	v Argentina	North Sound	10-Nov-21
2	Sherul Mehta, Khalid Ahmadi	54	Belgium	v Malta	Marsa	10-Jul-21
3	Molai Matsau, Ts'episo Chaoana	45	Lesotho	v Swaziland	Kigali	16-Oct-21
4	Barry McCarthy, Josh Little	44*	Ireland	v South Africa	Dublin (Malahide)	19-Jul-21
5	Barry McCarthy, Josh Little	42	Ireland	v South Africa	Bristol	5-Aug-22
6	Hayden Walsh, Obed McCoy	38*	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	12-Aug-22
7	Muhammad Tanveer, Mohammed Nadeem	38*	Qatar	v Bahrain	Bangi	18-Dec-22
8	Mohammad Adnan, Usman Ali	38	Saudi Arabia	v Qatar	Al Amerat	21-Jan-19
9	Faheem Nellancheri, Raaz Mohammad	38	Finland	v Norway	Glostrup	19-May-23
10	Matthew Wade, Tanveer Sangha	36*	Australia	v India	Thiruvananthapuram	26-Nov-23
11	TG Southee, SHA Rance	36	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	6-Sep-19
12	S Ghimire, Junaid Khan	34*	Portugal	v Gibraltar	Gibraltar	7-May-23
13	FJ Klaassen, PA van Meekeren	34	Netherlands	v Bangladesh	Hobart	24-Oct-22
14	Bilal Muhammad, B Kalki Kumar	33*	Malta	v Switzerland	Marsa	23-Oct-21
15	J Bangura, S Williams	33*	Sierra Leone	v Cameroon	Rwanda	2-Dec-22
16	BJ McCarthy, JB Little	32*	Ireland	v Zimbabwe	Hobart	17-Oct-22
17	D Heyliger, Salman Nazar	32	Canada	v Nepal	Al Amerat	21-Feb-22
18	Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Akhtar	31*	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	26-Dec-10
19	Z Bimenyimana, E Rukiriza	31*	Rwanda	v Tanzania	Rwanda	25-Aug-23
20	M Podosky, LJ Myott	31*	Philippines	v Indonesia	Bali	23-Dec-23
21	C Karunaratne, D Madushanka	30	Sri Lanka	v Afghanistan	Dubai (DSC)	27-Aug-22
22	Muhammad Kashif, Ilyas Ahmed	29*	Kuwait	v Nepal	Singapore	27-Jul-19
23	GH Dockrell, WB Rankin	29*	Ireland	v Netherlands	Dubai (DSC)	1-Nov-19
24	Ahsan Malik, PA van Meekeren	29	Netherlands	v Hong Kong	Dubai (DSC)	18-Jan-17
25	DT Tiripano, CB Mpofu	29	Zimbabwe	v Netherlands	Rotterdam	23-Jun-19
26	Fitri Sham, Syazrul Idrus	28*	Malaysia	v Bhutan	Bangi	3-Jul-22
27	JDP Oram, JS Patel	28	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	11-Dec-07
28	DL Brangman, S Smith	27*	Bermuda	v Namibia	ICCA 2 Dubai	23-Oct-19
29	Sachin Kumar, Shahid Mahmood	27	Bahrain	v Kuwait	Al Amerat	17-Aug-22
30	Fitri Sham, Rizwan Haider	27	Malaysia	v Hong Kong	Mong Kok	12-Mar-23
31	Najjam Shahzad, Sirajullah Khadim	27	Portugal	v Malta	Gibraltar	5-May-23
32	Mohammad Nabi, Fazalhaq Farooqi	27	Afghanistan	v U.A.E.	Sharjah	31-Dec-23
33	N Vanua, P Raho	26*	P.N.G.	v Ireland	Townsville	7-Feb-16
34	Bilal Muhammad, A Bishnoi	26*	Malta	v Belgium	Marsa	9-Jul-21
35	Huzaifa Mohammed, KDA Lukies	26*	Philippines	v Indonesia	Bali	24-Dec-23
36	D Uwimana, P Vekaria	26	Rwanda	v Malawi	Rwanda	22-Oct-21
37	M Yunusu Issa, YM Nkanya	26	Tanzania	v Uganda	Rwanda	30-Aug-23
38	Mohammad Saifuddin, Rubel Hossain	25*	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	26-Oct-17
39	G Stewart, CJPF Kalugamage	25	Italy	v Scotland	Edinburgh	24-Jul-23
40	RS Bopara, DR Briggs	24*	England	v Australia	Hobart	29-Jan-14
41	LM Jongwe, R Ngarava	24*	Zimbabwe	v Ireland	Bready	2-Sep-21
42	F Nsubuga, H Ssenyondo	24*	Uganda	v Rwanda	Rwanda	14-Dec-22
43	LM Jongwe, TL Chatara	24*	Zimbabwe	v Namibia	Windhoek	24-Oct-23
44	KA Jamieson, TA Boult	24	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	5-Mar-21
45	V Baskaran, V Hampihallikar	24	Singapore	v Malaysia	Bangi	18-Dec-22
46	Shehzad Patel, Faizalmahmed Patel	24	Eswatini	v Malawi	Benoni	27-May-23
47	Fareed Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman	23*	Afghanistan	v West Indies	Lucknow	14-Nov-19
48	MP O'Dowd, RE van der Merwe	23*	Netherlands	v Sri Lanka	Geelong	20-Oct-22
49	B Ward, EJB Miles	23*	Jersey	v Scotland	Edinburgh	21-Jul-23
50	PJ Ongondo, HA Varaiya	23	Kenya	v Pakistan	Nairobi (Gym)	4-Sep-07
51	JA Richardson, A Zampa	23	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	22-Feb-21
52	P Florin, Aftab Kayani	23	Romania	v Serbia	Sofia	25-Jun-21
53	C Bah, G Sesay	23	Sierra Leone	v Rwanda	Lagos	11-Oct-23
54	AD Russell, G Motie	23	West Indies	v England	Tarouba	19-Dec-23
55	Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi	22*	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	6-Feb-19
56	KMA Paul, O Thomas	22*	West Indies	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	29-Nov-20
57	Shariz Ahmad, PA van Meekeren	22*	Netherlands	v India	Sydney	27-Oct-22
58	CT Mumba, CB Mpofu	22	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	9-Mar-20
59	Garret Banner, AK Muslar	22	Belize	v Bermuda	North Sound	13-Nov-21
60	Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain	22	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DSC)	11-Sep-22
61	AM Kimote, YM Nkanya	22	Tanzania	v Rwanda	Dar-es-Salaam	31-Oct-22
62	RM Haq, JD Nel	21*	Scotland	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	1-Feb-10
63	HA Varaiya, E Otieno	21*	Kenya	v Netherlands	ICCA Dubai	23-Nov-13
64	Fayyaz Butt, Jay Odedra	21*	Oman	v Ireland	Al Amerat	13-Feb-19
65	A Ndlovu, TL Chatara	21*	Zimbabwe	v Afghanistan	Harare	14-Jun-22
66	Ali Nayyer, Ashwin Vinod	21*	Switzerland	v France	Vantaa	25-Jul-22
67	E Ernest, S Williams	21	Sierra Leone	v Botswana	Rwanda	2-Nov-21
68	Azmatullah Omarzai, Fazalhaq Farooqi	21	Afghanistan	v Pakistan	Sharjah	27-Mar-23
69	Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan	20*	Pakistan	v West Indies	Gros Islet	21-Apr-11
70	NO Miller, SJ Benn	20	West Indies	v Australia	Gros Islet	11-May-10
71	Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Akhtar	20	Pakistan	v South Africa	Abu Dhabi	26-Oct-10
72	ST Finn, JW Dernbach	20	England	v India	Colombo (RPS)	23-Sep-12
73	J Kila, N Pokana	20	P.N.G.	v Kenya	Dubai (DSC)	27-Oct-19
74	Vinay Ravi, Raza Iqbal	20	Norway	v Spain	Almeria	1-May-22
75	Shamim Hossain, Hasan Mahmud	20	Bangladesh	v Ireland	Chattogram	31-Mar-23
76	Z Bimenyimana, E Kubwimana	20	Rwanda	v Uganda	Benoni	11-Dec-23
77	TL Best, S Badree	19*	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingstown	28-Jul-13
78	Shafiqullah, Shapoor Zadran	19*	Afghanistan	v England	Delhi	23-Mar-16
79	D Manani, P Danci	19*	Romania	v Czech Rep.	Ilfov County	31-Aug-19
80	Ibrahim Hassan, Nazwan Ismail	19*	Maldives	v Qatar	Al Amerat	23-Feb-20
81	K Rabada, A Nortje	19*	South Africa	v West Indies	St George's	1-Jul-21
82	JR Barry, NH Ekanayake	19*	Bahamas	v Bermuda	Buenos Aires	4-Mar-23
83	Muhammad Jawadullah, Junaid Siddique	19*	U.A.E.	v Afghanistan	Sharjah	2-Jan-24
84	J Albin, RB Patel	19	Bulgaria	v Greece	Sofia	26-Jun-21
85	CW Perchard, D Birrell	19	Jersey	v Denmark	Almeria	17-Oct-21
86	Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani	19	Pakistan	v India	Dubai (DSC)	28-Aug-22
87	J Baguma, H Ssenyondo	19	Uganda	v Rwanda	Rwanda	23-Dec-22
88	Anique Uddin, Saud Munir	19	Denmark	v Sweden	Brondby	19-May-23
89	RM Hira, MJ McClenaghan	18*	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	9-Feb-13
90	WTS Porterfield, AR Cusack	18*	Ireland	v P.N.G.	Belfast	15-Jul-15
91	CJ Jordan, MA Wood	18*	England	v Australia	Hobart	7-Feb-18
92	R Trumpelmann, BM Scholtz	18*	Namibia	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	31-Oct-21
93	Omid Mailk Khel, Sajad Ahmadzai	18*	Belgium	v Germany	Krefeld	10-Jun-23
94	T Tumursukh, T Sumiya	18*	Mongolia	v Maldives	Hangzhou	28-Sep-23
95	RM Haq, JD Nel	18	Scotland	v Pakistan	Durban	12-Sep-07
96	MR Adair, JB Little	18	Ireland	v South Africa	Belfast	22-Jul-21
97	MB Tambe, Raaz Mohammad	18	Finland	v Denmark	Brondby	19-May-23
98	R Abdulkareem, P Aho	18	Nigeria	v Ghana	Lagos	6-Oct-23
99	JB Abega, N Ndouteng	18	Cameroon	v Kenya	Benoni	6-Dec-23
100	S Sreesanth, RP Singh	17*	India	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	16-Sep-07

Data Source: ESPN Cricinfo