The world cup tournament comes every four years with a lot of hopes and wishes of fans for their respective teams. Over the years, the tournament has marked many records and one of them is the record of highest successful Partnerships. In this article, we will present to you the top 5 most successful Partnerships in the history of the ODI World Cup.
- WU Tharanga and TM Dilshan – 282 runs
In the 2011 world cup Sri Lanka had shown its best form and entered the final. The opener batsmen for Sri Lanka brutally attacked the Zimbabwe bowling and together amassed 282 runs for the first wicket. This is the highest ever most successful Partnership in the history of the World cup.
- MN Samuels and Chris Gayle – 372 runs
With Gayle storm accompanied by Samuels fast batting, West Indies brutally butchered Zimbabwe bowling in the 2015 world cup tournament. Gayle knocked 200, entering the 200 club. The duo smacked the mammoth 372-run partnership for 2nd wicket. This stands as one of the most successful Partnerships ever.
- SR Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid – 237* runs
The legendary Indian batsmen Sachin and Dravid recorded the third highest and most successful run partnership in world versus Kenya in 1999. While batting second, Sachin and Dravid chased down the target by contributing an unbeaten 237 run partnership for 3rd wicket.
- BJ Hodge and Michael Clarke – 204 runs
In 2007 world cup, Australian batsmen Michael Clarke and B Hodge creates the fourth most successful Partnership as they together contributed 204 runs for fourth wicket to guide Australia to a massive win against Netherlands.
- David Miller and JP Duminy – 256* runs
The duo of star south African left handers led to a successful run chases with their whopping 256* runs partnership against Zimbabwe in 2015 world cup. Both batsmen made the Zimbabwe bowling ineffective and together won the match for their team.
