Fifth wicket partnership is extremely crucial. But not all teams are luckier enough to have the liberty of a solid lower middle order batsman who can play well despite losing first four wickets cheaply. Usually that void is filled by a quality all-rounder down the batting order. However, it is not that much easy to score runs and build a good partnership with tail-enders in shorter format. In T20 cricket, every batsman is in hurry to score pile of runs and it’s extremely difficult to hit more runs on board when the top order failed.
In the history of T20 World Cup, there is only one instance when a batting duo successfully scored a hundred-run-partnership for the fifth wicket. Pakistani batsmen Misbah-Ul-haq and Shoaib Maillik are the only two batsmen who have put more than 100 run stand for the fifth wicket in T20 format. They got it in the inaugural edition of the T20 World Cup 2007 but since then there is no hundred run partnership ever registered for the fifth wicket in the subsequent editions of the World T20 Championships.
Highest 5th Wicket Partnership in T20 World Cup
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
Shoaib Mallik & Misbah-Ul-haq
(Pakistan) |
119* |
Australia |
Johannesburg |
18/09/2007 |
Hardik Pandya and Virat Kohli
(India) |
113 |
Paksitan |
Melbourne |
23/10/2022 |
Mohammad Nabi, Samiullah Shinwari
(Afghanistan) |
98 |
ZIM |
Nagpur |
13/03/2016 |
Eoin Morgan & Luke Wright
(England) |
95 |
West Indies |
Providence |
03/05/2010 |
KIC Asalanka, PBB Rajapaksa
(Sri Lanka) |
86 |
BAN |
Sharjah |
24/10/2021 |
MS Dhoni & Rohit Sharma
(India) |
85 |
South Africa |
Durban |
20/09/2007 |
MS Dhoni & Yuvraj Singh
(India) |
84 |
Australia |
Dhaka |
30/03/2014 |
D Bravo & Ramnaresh Sarwan
(West Indies) |
77 |
Sri Lanka |
Nottingham |
10/06/2009 |
JDS Neesham, GD Phillips
(New Zealand) |
76* |
NAM |
Sharjah |
05/11/2021 |
JC Buttler, JE Root
(England) |
75 |
SA |
Mumbai |
18/03/2016 |
SPD Smith, SR Watson
(Australia) |
74* |
PAK |
Mohali |
25/03/2016 |
Yusuf Pathan & Yuvraj Singh
(India) |
64 |
West Indies |
Lord’s |
12/06/2009 |
Brad Hodge & Mike Hussey
(Australia) |
63 |
Pakistan |
Johannesburg |
18/09/2007 |
Shahid Afridi & Umar Akmal
(Pakistan) |
61 |
South Africa |
Gros Islet |
10/05/2010 |
Craig McMillan & Scott Styris
(New Zealand) |
60 |
England |
Durban |
18/09/2007 |
Highest 5th Wicket Partnership in 2007 T20 World Cup
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
Shoaib Mallik & Misbah-Ul-haq
(Pakistan) |
119* |
Australia |
Johannesburg |
18/09/2007 |
MS Dhoni & Rohit Sharma
(India) |
85 |
South Africa |
Durban |
20/09/2007 |
Brad Hodge & Mike Hussey
(Australia) |
63 |
Pakistan |
Johannesburg |
18/09/2007 |
Craig McMillan & Scott Styris
(New Zealand) |
60 |
England |
Durban |
18/09/2007 |
H Masakadza & Brendon Taylor
(Zimbabwe) |
53 |
Australia |
Cape Town |
15/09/2007 |
Highest 5th Wicket Partnership in 2009 T20 World Cup
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
D Bravo & Ramnaresh Sarwan
(West Indies) |
77 |
Sri Lanka |
Nottingham |
10/06/2009 |
Yusuf Pathan & Yuvraj Singh
(India) |
64 |
West Indies |
Lord’s |
12/06/2009 |
| J Mooney & K O’Brien (Ireland) |
49 |
Bangladesh |
Nottingham |
08/06/2009 |
Ramnaresh Sarwan & L Simmons
(West Indies) |
42 |
South Africa |
The Oval |
13/06/2009 |
Kumar Sangakkara & LPC Silva
(Sri Lanka) |
35 |
Pakistan |
Lord’s |
21/06/2009 |
Highest Fifth Wicket Partnership in 2010 T20 World Cup
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
Eoin Morgan & Luke Wright
(England) |
95 |
West Indies |
Providence |
03/05/2010 |
Shahid Afridi & Umar Akmal
(Pakistan) |
61 |
South Africa |
Gros Islet |
10/05/2010 |
C Kapugedera & Angelo Mathews
(Sri Lanka) |
56 |
India |
Gros Islet |
11/05/2010 |
Eoin Morgan & Luke Wright
(England) |
52 |
New Zealand |
Gros Islet |
10/05/2010 |
David Hussey & Craig White
(Australia) |
50 |
England |
Bridgetown |
16/05/2010 |
Highest Fifth Wicket Partnership in 2012 T20 World Cup
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
KJ O’Brien & NJ O’Brien
(Ireland) |
52 |
Australia |
Colombo |
19/09/2012 |
Mahmadullah & Nasir Hossain
(Bangladesh) |
50 |
New Zealand |
Pallekele |
21/09/2012 |
AB de Villiers & JP Duminy
(South Africa) |
44 |
Pakistan |
Colombo |
28/09/2012 |
Suresh Raina & Rohit Sharma
(India) |
44 |
South Africa |
Colombo |
02/10/2012 |
James Franklin & Ross Taylor
(New Zealand) |
40 |
England |
Palllekele |
29/09/2012 |
Highest Fifth Wicket Partnership in 2014 T20 World Cup
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
MS Dhoni & Yuvraj Singh
(India) |
84 |
Australia |
Dhaka |
30/03/2014 |
T. Perera & Kumar Sangakkara
(Sri Lanka) |
56 |
India |
Dhaka |
06/04/2014 |
B. Cooper & T Cooper
(Netherlands) |
52 |
Zimbabwe |
Sylhet |
19/03/2014 |
D Bravo & Darren Sammy
(West Indies) |
49* |
Australia |
Dhaka |
28/03/2014 |
Rohan Mustafa & Shaiman Anwar
(UAE) |
47 |
Netherlands |
Sylhet |
17/03/2014 |
Highest 5th Wicket Partnership in T20 World Cup 2016
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
Mohammad Nabi, Samiullah Shinwari
(Afghanistan) |
98 |
ZIM |
Nagpur |
13-03-2016 |
CK Kapugedera, AD Mathews
(Sri Lanka) |
80 |
ENG |
Delhi |
26-03-2016 |
JC Buttler, JE Root
(England) |
75 |
SA |
Mumbai |
18-03-2016 |
SPD Smith, SR Watson
(Australia) |
74* |
PAK |
Mohali |
25-03-2016 |
Highest Fifth Wicket Partnership in T20 World Cup 2021
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
KIC Asalanka, PBB Rajapaksa
(Sri Lanka) |
86 |
BAN |
Sharjah |
24-10-2021 |
JDS Neesham, GD Phillips
(New Zealand) |
76* |
NAM |
Sharjah |
05-11-2021 |
Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran
(Afghanistan) |
59 |
NZ |
Abu Dhabi |
07-11-2021 |