Highest 2nd Wicket Partnership in T20 | Top 10

In T20 cricket, the number three batsman faces a tough job. They come in early, often after losing an opener. They need to handle pressure and keep runs coming, especially during the first six overs.

A good 2nd wicket partnership in t20 can change the game. It calms things down and lets the middle order bat freely. These partnerships have won many T20 matches!

The record for the highest 2nd wicket partnership in t20 cricket belongs to Ollie Hairs and Brandon McMullen of Scotland. They made 183 run-partnership against Italy in 2023.

Top 10 Highest 2nd Wicket Partnerships in T20 Internationals

Here are the top 10 highest second-wicket partnerships in T20 international cricket:

10. Alexander Dizija and Leslie Dunbar (Serbia) – 152 Runs Partnership

Alexander Dizija and Leslie Dunbar put on a 152-run partnership for Serbia against Bulgaria in June 2022.

This impressive partnership helped Serbia post a challenging total of 242/4 against Bulgaria in June 2022. In reply, Bulgaria chased down the target with 6 wickets and 2 balls remaining.

9. Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels (West Indies) – 152 Runs Partnership

Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels put on a 152-run partnership for the West Indies against South Africa in January 2015. 

Their stand helped the West Indies to chase down South Africa’s total of 231/7 with 6 wickets and 4 balls to spare.

8. Vinoo Balakrishnan and Reginald Nehonde (Botswana) – 155 Runs Partnership

Vinoo Balakrishnan and Reginald Nehonde put on a 155-run partnership for Botswana against St Helena in November 2022. 

Their stand helped Botswana to reach a total of 165/2. In reply, St Helena were bowled out for 105, giving Botswana a 60-run win.

7. Ravija Sandaruwan and Adnan Idrees (Kuwait) – 156 Runs Partnership

Ravija Sandaruwan and Adnan Idrees made a 156-run partnership for Kuwait against Qatar in July 2019. 

Their stand helped Kuwait to reach a competitive total of 203/5 but their bowlers could defend that target and Qatar won the match by 3 wickets.

6. Alex Hales and Ravi Bopara (England) – 159 Runs Partnership

Alex Hales and Ravi Bopara’s 159 runs partnership for England came against the West Indies in June 2012. 

Their stand of 159 runs helped England to chase down the West Indies’ total of 172/4 with 7 wickets and 2 balls to spare.

5. Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) – 166 Runs Partnership

Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara put on an outstanding 166-run partnership for Sri Lanka against the West Indies in May 2010. 

Their 166-run stand helped Sri Lanka to reach a total of 195/3. In reply, West Indies were bowled out for 138/8 and Sri Lanka won the match by 57 runs.

4. Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan (England) – 167 Runs Partnership

Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan smashed a 167-run partnership for England against South Africa in December 2020.

Their aggressive batting helped England to chase down South Africa’s total of 191/3 with 9 wickets and 14 balls to spare.

3. Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw (South Africa) – 168 Runs Partnership

Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw made a brilliant partnership of 168 runs for South Africa against Bangladesh in October 2022. 

With their 168-run stand, South Africa reached a comfortable total of 205/5. Bangladesh were bowled out for 101 and lost the match by 104 runs.

2. Sanju Samson and Deepak Hooda (India) – 176 Runs Partnership

Sanju Samson and Deepak Hooda smashed a 176-run partnership for India against Ireland in June 2022. 

Their phenomenal 176-run partnership helped India to post a challenging total of 225/7. In reply, Ireland fell just short in the chase, losing by 4 runs.

1. Ollie Hairs and Brandon McMullen (Scotland) – 183 Runs Partnership

Ollie Hairs and Brandon McMullen of Scotland made the highest second-wicket partnership in t20. They made 183 runs stand against Italy in July 2023. 

Due to their massive 2nd wicket partnership, Scotland put on a huge total of 245/2. Italy were never in the chase and were bowled out for just 90 and Scotland won the match by 155 runs.

List of All the Highest 2nd Wicket Partnerships in T20 Internationals

Sr. No.	Partners	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Ollie Hairs, Brandon McMullen	183	Scotland	v Italy	Edinburgh	24-Jul-23
2	Sanju Samson, Deepak Hooda	176	India	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	28-Jun-22
3	Quinton de Kock, Rilee Rossouw	168	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Sydney	27-Oct-22
4	Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan	167*	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1-Dec-20
5	Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara	166	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Bridgetown	7-May-10
6	Alex Hales, Ravi Bopara	159	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	24-Jun-12
7	Ravija Sandaruwan, Adnan Idrees	156	Kuwait	v Qatar	Doha	6-Jul-19
8	Vinoo Balakrishnan, Reginald Nehonde	155	Botswana	v St Helena	Rwanda	25-Nov-22
9	Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels	152	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11-Jan-15
10	Alexander Dizija, Leslie Dunbar	152	Serbia	v Bulgaria	Sofia	26-Jun-22
11	P Khadka, Aarif Sheikh	145*	Nepal	v Singapore	Singapore	28-Sep-19
12	TM Dilshan, DPMD Jayawardene	145	Sri Lanka	v England	Chattogram	27-Mar-14
13	RR Sharan, Lakshit Gupta	145	Cambodia	v Indonesia	Bali	21-Nov-23
14	MP O'Dowd, BN Cooper	144	Netherlands	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	18-Sep-19
15	Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez	143*	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	24-Aug-13
16	PD Hennessy, Yasir Ali	142*	Spain	v Germany	Almeria	8-Mar-20
17	Syed Aziz, Muhammad Amir	140	Malaysia	v Thailand	Hangzhou	2-Oct-23
18	RG Sharma, V Kohli	138	India	v South Africa	Dharamsala	2-Oct-15
19	O Tuyisenge, E Niyomugabo	138	Rwanda	v Seychelles	Rwanda	19-Oct-21
20	Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran	137	Afghanistan	v U.A.E.	Sharjah	29-Dec-23
21	KR Mayers, J Charles	135	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	26-Mar-23
22	Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah	132*	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Mirpur	10-Dec-12
23	Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez	131*	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Lahore	25-Jan-20
24	MR Swart, BN Cooper	131	Netherlands	v Nepal	Amstelveen	1-Jul-15
25	RR Hendricks, F du Plessis	131	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	1-Feb-19
26	MJ Guptill, KS Williamson	131	New Zealand	v Australia	Dunedin	25-Feb-21
27	JC Buttler, DJ Malan	130	England	v India	Ahmedabad	20-Mar-21
28	SPD Smith, JP Inglis	130	Australia	v India	Visakhapatnam	23-Nov-23
29	TL Seifert, KS Williamson	129*	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	20-Dec-20
30	KH Prajapati, Zeeshan Maqsood	129*	Oman	v Canada	Al Amerat	19-Feb-22
31	Q de Kock, RR Rossouw	129	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	5-Nov-14
32	Q de Kock, AK Markram	128	South Africa	v West Indies	St George's	3-Jul-21
33	L Yamamoto-Lake, K Kadowaki-Fleming	128	Japan	v Indonesia	Sano	10-Oct-22
34	Jatinder Singh, Aqib Ilyas	126	Oman	v Canada	Abu Dhabi	25-Oct-19
35	Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam	126	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	25-Apr-21
36	Azhar Andani, ARA Chambers	124	Portugal	v Gibraltar	Albergaria	21-Aug-21
37	DA Warner, MR Marsh	124	Australia	v West Indies	Abu Dhabi	6-Nov-21
38	Arslan Amjad, Bilal Masud	124	Estonia	v Gibraltar	Gibraltar	30-Sep-23
39	RG Sharma, KL Rahul	123	India	v England	Manchester	3-Jul-18
40	Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam	122	Pakistan	v World-XI	Lahore	12-Sep-17
41	Inam-ul-Haq, Kamran Khan	121	Qatar	v Maldives	Al Amerat	23-Jan-19
42	JH Kallis, CA Ingram	119	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	30-Mar-12
43	Babar Azam, Hussain Talat	119	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	2-Apr-18
44	Shamsur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan	118	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	11-May-13
45	DA Warner, SPD Smith	117*	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	30-Oct-19
46	RR Hendricks, HE van der Dussen	116	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	22-Mar-19
47	S Ssesazi, RB Patel	116	Uganda	v Tanzania	Rwanda	18-Nov-21
48	Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman	116	Pakistan	v Hong Kong	Sharjah	2-Sep-22
49	L Bruce, CJ Delany	115	Gibraltar	v Malta	Albergaria	20-Aug-21
50	J Broad, MJ Richardson	114*	Germany	v Philippines	Al Amerat	24-Feb-22
51	HD Rutherford, BB McCullum	114	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	25-Jun-13
52	AJ Finch, SE Marsh	114	Australia	v England	Southampton	29-Aug-13
53	AJ Finch, MR Marsh	114	Australia	v West Indies	Gros Islet	14-Jul-21
54	L Bruce, PA Raikes	113	Gibraltar	v Portugal	Albergaria	11-Apr-23
55	E Lewis, MN Samuels	112*	West Indies	v India	Kingston	9-Jul-17
56	HAM Shah, TS Bharaj	111*	Denmark	v Portugal	Waterloo	4-Jul-22
57	GC Smith, HH Gibbs	111	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24-Feb-06
58	C Kieswetter, KP Pietersen	111	England	v Australia	Bridgetown	16-May-10
59	Ashfaq Ahmed, Ghulam Shabber	111	U.A.E.	v Netherlands	The Hague	8-Aug-19
60	NS Dhaliwal, NR Kumar	111	Canada	v Ireland	Abu Dhabi	23-Oct-19
61	Mohammad Shahzad, Asghar Afghan	110	Afghanistan	v Scotland	Edinburgh	12-Jul-15
62	JJ Roy, JM Bairstow	110	England	v South Africa	Taunton	23-Jun-17
63	WU Tharanga, MDKJ Perera	109	Sri Lanka	v India	Indore	22-Dec-17
64	Kamran Khan, Muhammad Tanveer	109	Qatar	v Maldives	Al Amerat	23-Feb-20
65	MJ Guptill, MS Chapman	109	New Zealand	v India	Jaipur	17-Nov-21
66	Dylan Steyn, KM Venkataswamy	109	Czech Rep.	v Luxembourg	Vinor	10-Jul-22
67	DPMD Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara	108*	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Pallekele	29-Sep-12
68	SR Watson, MEK Hussey	108	Australia	v West Indies	Gros Islet	27-Mar-12
69	BRM Taylor, CJ Chibhabha	107	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Kimberley	10-Oct-10
70	DA Warner, GJ Maxwell	107	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	27-Oct-19
71	TC Barker, J Mees	107	Luxembourg	v Bulgaria	Ilfov County	2-Sep-21
72	R Nehonde, K Motlhanka	107	Botswana	v Sierra Leone	Rwanda	2-Nov-21
73	BA King, N Pooran	107	West Indies	v India	Lauderhill	13-Aug-23
74	TL Seifert, TWM Latham	106*	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	5-Apr-23
75	RG Sharma, V Kohli	106	India	v West Indies	Mirpur	23-Mar-14
76	KL Rahul, SK Raina	106	India	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	29-Jun-18
77	D Kansonkho, Sami Sohail	106	Malawi	v Rwanda	Rwanda	22-Oct-21
78	M Coetzee, Anshuman Rath	106	Hong Kong	v U.A.E.	Mulpani	25-Oct-23
79	AD Hales, DJ Malan	105	England	v South Africa	Cardiff	25-Jun-17
80	T Manders, TS Fray	105	Bermuda	v Argentina	Buenos Aires	26-Feb-23
81	Sulaiman Ali, IA De Silva	104	Bulgaria	v Serbia	Sofia	24-Jun-21
82	IA De Silva, H Lakov	104	Bulgaria	v Gibraltar	Marsa	24-Oct-21
83	I Liyanage, Mohammed Rizlan	103*	Qatar	v Singapore	Bangi	23-Dec-22
84	N Davin, MG Erasmus	103	Namibia	v Botswana	Windhoek	20-Aug-19
85	J Rasu, PK Matautaava	103	Vanuatu	v Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	4-Oct-19
86	Sami Sohail, MA Baig	103	Malawi	v Tanzania	Benoni	20-Sep-22
87	Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam	102	Pakistan	v World-XI	Lahore	15-Sep-17
88	RG Sharma, SK Raina	102	India	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	14-Mar-18
89	Babar Azam, Hussain Talat	102	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3-Feb-19
90	Usman Ghani, Karim Janat	102	Afghanistan	v Zimbabwe	Abu Dhabi	19-Mar-21
91	AR Naidoo, RA Sealy	102	Cayman Is	v Bermuda	Hamilton	3-Oct-23
92	Abdul Waheed, Waqar Ul Hassan	102	Saudi Arabia	v Kuwait	Doha	5-Oct-23
93	R Pathan, Hamza Tariq	101*	Canada	v Panama	Coolidge	14-Nov-21
94	H Patel, A Bagai	101	Canada	v Ireland	Colombo (SSC)	3-Feb-10
95	B Arora, Basil George	101	Malta	v Hungary	Marsa	10-May-22
96	RG Sharma, V Kohli	100	India	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	28-Mar-14
97	KL Rahul, V Kohli	100	India	v West Indies	Hyderabad	6-Dec-19
98	Babar Azam, Haider Ali	100	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Rawalpindi	8-Nov-20
99	MW Short, MR Marsh	100	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	1-Sep-23
100	R Sandaruwan, MNM Aslam	99*	Kuwait	v Saudi Arabia	Al Amerat	23-Feb-20

Data Source: ESPN Cricinfo