Highest Partnership in t20

T20 cricket is all about quick runs and big hits, but teamwork wins games. That’s where partnerships come in. 

Building a strong partnership is like laying the foundation of a sturdy building. Batsmen complement each other, rotating strike, taking calculated risks, and navigating the powerplay overs together. This creates a platform for the team to accelerate later on.

The highest partnership in T20 cricket is mammoth 236 runs. Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani of Afghanistan made this partnership against Ireland in February 2019.

Highest Partnership in t20 | Top 10

Here is the detailed overview of the highest partnership in t20 international:

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

Brandon McMullen and Ollie Hairs scored 183 runs together for Scotland against Italy in the 2023 European Cricket Championship. The pair put on a solid 183 runs for the second wicket, helping Scotland to post a total of 245/2. 

McMullen scored 96 off 50 balls, while Hairs made 127 off 53 balls. Their partnership helped Scotland to win the match by 155 runs.

9. Glenn Phillips and Devon Conway (New Zealand) – 184 Runs Partnership

This partnership of 184 runs was scored by Glenn Phillips and Devon Conway against the West Indies in 2020. 

Phillips scored 108 off 51 balls, while Conway made 65 off 37 balls. Their partnership was the highest ever scored by a New Zealand pair in T20 cricket, and it helped New Zealand to win the match by 72 runs.

8. Rohit Paudel and Kushal Malla (Nepal) – 193 Runs Partnership

Rohit Paudel and Kushal Malla made 193 Runs Partnership for Nepal against Mongolia in 2023. Their partnership helped Nepal to post a massive total of 314/3.

Paudel scored 61 off 27 balls, while Malla made 137 off 50 balls. Their partnership was the highest ever scored by a Nepalese pair in T20 cricket, and it helped Nepal to win the match by a huge margin of 273 runs.

7. Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam (Pakistan) – 197 Runs Partnership

Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam put on a sensational 197 runs partnership for the first wicket for Pakistan against South Africa in 2021. 

Rizwan scored 73 off 47 balls, while Azam made 122 off 59 balls. At that time, their partnership was the highest ever scored by a Pakistani pair in T20 cricket, and it helped Pakistan to win the match by 9 wickets and 12 balls remaining.

6. George Munsey and Kyle Coetzer (Scotland) – 200 Runs Partnership

This partnership between George Munsey and Kyle Coetzer came against the Netherlands in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier. 

The pair put on an impressive 200 runs for the first wicket, helping Scotland to post a total of 252/3. Munsey scored 127 off 56 balls, while Coetzer made 89 off 50 balls. 

Their partnership was the highest ever scored by a Scottish pair in T20 cricket, and it helped Scotland to win the match by 58 runs.

5. Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam (Pakistan) – 203* Runs Partnership

Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam put on a match-winning partnership for Pakistan against England in September 2022. 

They scored 203 runs for the first wicket. Rizwan scored 88 off 51 balls, while Azam made 110 off 66 balls. 

Their partnership is the highest ever scored by a Pakistani pair in T20 cricket, and it helped Pakistan to win the match by 10 wickets and 3 balls remaining.

4. Avinash Pai and Louis Bruce (Gibraltar) – 213* Runs Partnership

Avinash Pai and Louis Bruce put on the highest partnership for any wicket in T20 cricket for an Associate nation when they scored unbeaten 213 runs for the first wicket for Gibraltar against Bulgaria in May 2022. 

Pai scored 86 off 59 balls, while Bruce made 99 off 63 balls. Their partnership helped Gibraltar to reach a total of 213/0, and they went on to win the match by 21 runs.

3. Dylan Steyn and Sabawoon Davizi (Czech Republic) – 220 Runs Partnership

Dylan Steyn and Sabawoon Davizi scored the highest partnership for any wicket in T20 cricket for a non-Test playing nation.

They put on 220 runs for the first wicket for the Czech Republic against Bulgaria in May 2022.

Steyn scored 106 off 55 balls, while Davizi made 115 off 59 balls. Their partnership helped the Czech Republic to post a total of 258/2, and they went on to win the match by 88 runs.

2. D’Arcy Short and Aaron Finch (Australia) – 223 Runs Partnership

D’Arcy Short and Aaron Finch put on a record-breaking partnership for Australia against Zimbabwe in July 2018. 

The pair scored 223 runs for the first wicket, helping Australia to reach a total of 229/2. Short scored 46 off 42 balls, while Finch made 172 off 76 balls. 

Their partnership is the highest ever scored by an Australian pair in T20 cricket, and it helped Australia to a comfortable 100-run victory.

1. Usman Ghani and Hazratullah Zazai (Afghanistan) – 236 Runs Partnership

Usman Ghani and Hazratullah Zazai made a 236 runs partnership against Ireland in February 2019, which is the highest partnership in T20 cricket history. 

Due their astonishing 236 runs for the first wicket, helping Afghanistan to post a massive total of 278/3.

Ghani scored 73 off 48 balls, while Zazai smashed 162 off 62 balls. Their partnership was the key to Afghanistan’s 84-run victory.

List of All the Highest Partnerships in T20 Cricket History

Sr. No.	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Team	Vs	Ground	Match Date
1	Usman Ghani, Hazratullah Zazai	236	1st	Afghanistan	v Ireland	Dehradun	23-Feb-19
2	D'Arcy Short, Aaron Finch	223	1st	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Harare	3-Jul-18
3	Dylan Steyn, Sabawoon Davizi	220	1st	Czech Rep.	v Bulgaria	Marsa	12-May-22
4	Avinash Pai, Louis Bruce	213*	1st	Gibraltar	v Bulgaria	Marsa	13-May-22
5	Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam	203*	1st	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	22-Sep-22
6	George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer	200	1st	Scotland	v Netherlands	Dublin (Malahide)	16-Sep-19
7	Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam	197	1st	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	14-Apr-21
8	Rohit Paudel, Kushal Malla	193	3rd	Nepal	v Mongolia	Hangzhou	27-Sep-23
9	Glenn Phillips, Devon Conway	184	3rd	New Zealand	v West Indies	Mount Maunganui	29-Nov-20
10	Brandon McMullen, Ollie Hairs	183	2nd	Scotland	v Italy	Edinburgh	24-Jul-23
11	EJG Morgan, DJ Malan	182	3rd	England	v New Zealand	Napier	8-Nov-19
12	T Manders, KS Leverock	179	1st	Bermuda	v Panama	Buenos Aires	28-Feb-23
13	SV Samson, DJ Hooda	176	2nd	India	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	28-Jun-22
14	DA Miller, Q de Kock	174*	4th	South Africa	v India	Guwahati	2-Oct-22
15	BA Pai, L Bruce	172*	1st	Gibraltar	v Bulgaria	Marsa	23-Oct-21
16	KS Williamson, MJ Guptill	171*	1st	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	17-Jan-16
17	K Bhurtel, DS Airee	171	3rd	Nepal	v Philippines	Al Amerat	19-Feb-22
18	AD Hales, JC Buttler	170*	1st	England	v India	Adelaide	10-Nov-22
19	GC Smith, LE Bosman	170	1st	South Africa	v England	Centurion	15-Nov-09
20	RR Rossouw, Q de Kock	168	2nd	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Sydney	27-Oct-22
21	DJ Malan, JC Buttler	167*	2nd	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1-Dec-20
22	VP Thamotharam, B Arora	166*	4th	Malta	v Gibraltar	Albergaria	21-Aug-21
23	KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene	166	2nd	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Bridgetown	7-May-10
24	RG Sharma, KL Rahul	165	1st	India	v Sri Lanka	Indore	22-Dec-17
25	Shubman Gill, YBK Jaiswal	165	1st	India	v West Indies	Lauderhill	12-Aug-23
26	Usman Khan, L Canessane	164*	4th	France	v Romania	Marsa	13-Jul-23
27	DA Warner, GJ Maxwell	161	4th	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	6-Mar-16
28	RG Sharma, S Dhawan	160	1st	India	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	27-Jun-18
29	AD Hales, RS Bopara	159	2nd	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	24-Jun-12
30	RG Sharma, S Dhawan	158	1st	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	1-Nov-17
31	Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam	158	1st	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	16-Dec-21
32	R Sandaruwan, Adnan Idrees	156	2nd	Kuwait	v Qatar	Doha	6-Jul-19
33	Zubaidi Zulkifle, Virandeep Singh	156	1st	Malaysia	v Bahrain	Bangi	19-Dec-22
34	PD Hennessy, Awais Ahmed	155	1st	Spain	v Malta	Cartagena	30-Mar-19
35	R Nehonde, V Balakrishnan	155	2nd	Botswana	v St Helena	Rwanda	25-Nov-22
36	PR Stirling, KJ O'Brien	154	1st	Ireland	v West Indies	St George's	15-Jan-20
37	Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam	152*	1st	Pakistan	v India	Dubai (DSC)	24-Oct-21
38	EJG Morgan, AD Hales	152	3rd	England	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	27-Mar-14
39	MN Samuels, CH Gayle	152	2nd	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11-Jan-15
40	LA Dunbar, A Dizija	152	2nd	Serbia	v Bulgaria	Sofia	26-Jun-22
41	RR Hendricks, Q de Kock	152	1st	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	26-Mar-23
42	GH Smit, J Butler	152	1st	Guernsey	v Germany	Deventer	15-Aug-23
43	Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam	150	1st	Pakistan	v England	Nottingham	16-Jul-21
44	M Spoors, R Pathan	149	1st	Canada	v Philippines	Al Amerat	18-Feb-22
45	ND Laegsgaard, SA Ahmad	149	3rd	Denmark	v Gibraltar	Waterloo	29-Jun-22
46	C Tommy, N Nipiko	148	1st	Vanuatu	v Fiji	Suva	16-Mar-23
47	Riazat Ali Shah, D Muhumuza	147*	3rd	Uganda	v Tanzania	Benoni	22-Sep-22
48	P Khadka, Aarif Sheikh	145*	2nd	Nepal	v Singapore	Singapore	28-Sep-19
49	DS Smith, CH Gayle	145	1st	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11-Sep-07
50	DPMD Jayawardene, TM Dilshan	145	2nd	Sri Lanka	v England	Chattogram	27-Mar-14
51	F Damiao Couana, J Bulele	145	1st	Mozambique	v Cameroon	Rwanda	3-Nov-21
52	Kushal Malla, DS Airee	145	5th	Nepal	v Hong Kong	Mulpani	21-Oct-23
53	RR Sharan, Lakshit Gupta	145	2nd	Cambodia	v Indonesia	Bali	21-Nov-23
54	MP O'Dowd, BN Cooper	144	2nd	Netherlands	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	18-Sep-19
55	H Gori, S Davizi	144	1st	Czech Rep.	v Malta	Marsa	20-Oct-19
56	R Pathan, NS Dhaliwal	144	1st	Canada	v Panama	Coolidge	14-Nov-21
57	MJ Lumb, AD Hales	143*	1st	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	15-Feb-13
58	Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad	143*	2nd	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	24-Aug-13
59	R Bakum, SKA Awiah	143*	4th	Ghana	v Cameroon	Kigali	6-Dec-22
60	Yasir Ali, PD Hennessy	142*	2nd	Spain	v Germany	Almeria	8-Mar-20
61	Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal	142	1st	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Gros Islet	1-May-10
62	Mukhtar Ahmed, Ahmed Shehzad	142	1st	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Lahore	22-May-15
63	SA Wijeyeratne, A Johnson	142	1st	Canada	v Oman	Al Amerat	16-Nov-22
64	NT Tilak Varma, RD Gaikwad	141*	4th	India	v Australia	Guwahati	28-Nov-23
65	Rohan Mustafa, Muhammad Waseem	141	3rd	U.A.E.	v Ireland	Al Amerat	24-Feb-22
66	S Hook, Ali Masood	140*	4th	Estonia	v Switzerland	Kerava	27-Jul-22
67	RG Sharma, KL Rahul	140	1st	India	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	3-Nov-21
68	Zubaidi Zulkifle, Virandeep Singh	140	1st	Malaysia	v Bhutan	Bangi	2-Jul-22
69	Syed Aziz, Muhammad Amir	140	2nd	Malaysia	v Thailand	Hangzhou	2-Oct-23
70	BM Duckett, HC Brook	139*	4th	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	23-Sep-22
71	RG Sharma, V Kohli	138	2nd	India	v South Africa	Dharamsala	2-Oct-15
72	O Tuyisenge, E Niyomugabo	138	2nd	Rwanda	v Seychelles	Rwanda	19-Oct-21
73	A Vala, TP Ura	137*	3rd	P.N.G.	v Malaysia	Kirtipur	1-Apr-22
74	KS Williamson, MJ Guptill	137	3rd	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Auckland	11-Feb-12
75	NMS Param, AE Paraam	137	4th	Singapore	v Philippines	Phnom Penh	3-May-23
76	S Tosic, A Dizija	137	1st	Serbia	v Turkey	Sofia	23-Jun-23
77	Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran	137	2nd	Afghanistan	v U.A.E.	Sharjah	29-Dec-23
78	V Sehwag, G Gambhir	136	1st	India	v England	Durban	19-Sep-07
79	C Munro, MJ Guptill	136	1st	New Zealand	v West Indies	Mount Maunganui	3-Jan-18
80	VP Thamotharam, Basil George	135*	4th	Malta	v Gibraltar	Waterloo	3-Jul-22
81	EJG Morgan, MM Ali	135	3rd	England	v Australia	Cardiff	31-Aug-15
82	RG Sharma, KL Rahul	135	1st	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	11-Dec-19
83	T Manders, AC Douglas	135	1st	Bermuda	v Bahamas	Coolidge	10-Nov-21
84	Muhammad Muneeb, Aziz Mohammad	135	1st	Belgium	v Malta	Gent	11-Jun-22
85	KR Mayers, J Charles	135	2nd	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	26-Mar-23
86	DA Warner, AJ Finch	134*	1st	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	7-Jun-22
87	SK Raina, V Kohli	134	3rd	India	v Australia	Adelaide	26-Jan-16
88	II Selemani, Jitin Singh	134	3rd	Tanzania	v Mozambique	Rwanda	2-Nov-21
89	P Mishra, KC D'Souza	134	4th	Bulgaria	v Serbia	Sofia	24-Jun-22
90	RE Levi, AB de Villiers	133*	3rd	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19-Feb-12
91	CH Gayle, ADS Fletcher	133	1st	West Indies	v Australia	The Oval	6-Jun-09
92	SR Watson, DA Warner	133	1st	Australia	v India	Colombo (RPS)	28-Sep-12
93	LMP Simmons, E Lewis	133	1st	West Indies	v Ireland	Basseterre	19-Jan-20
94	GC Smith, LE Bosman	132*	1st	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	2-Feb-07
95	Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah	132*	2nd	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Mirpur	10-Dec-12
96	Khawar Ali, Jatinder Singh	132*	1st	Oman	v Maldives	Al Amerat	25-Feb-20
97	Saqlain Ali, Saber Zakhil	132*	9th	Belgium	v Austria	Waterloo	24-Jul-21
98	A Vala, S Bau	132*	3rd	P.N.G.	v Uganda	Bulawayo	12-Jul-22
99	C Munro, MJ Guptill	132	1st	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	16-Feb-18
100	BA Pai, L Bruce	132	1st	Gibraltar	v Bulgaria	Marsa	24-Oct-21

Data Source: ESPN Cricinfo