In case of failure of the top-order and middle-order, the team has to depend on a partnership offered by lower middle-order batsmen. Cameron White and Mike Hussey of the Australian team had made a record highest partnership of 101* runs for 6th wicket in T20I against Sri Lanka. The match was played on May 9, 2010, at Bridgetown. The Australian team had lost their 5 wickets on just 67 runs. Cameron White and Mike Hussey had played a match-winning unbeaten partnership of 101 runs and helped the Australian team to have a decent total. Cameron White had played an unbelievable inning of 85*runs in just 49 balls under pressure situation. Mike Hussey had contributed 39 runs in the partnership.
Highest 6th Wicket Partnership in T20 International
Here are the top highest sixth-wicket T20I partnerships mentioned:
Batsmen Name
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Partnership
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Team
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Against
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Date
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Cameron White, Mike Hussey
|
101*
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Australia
|
Sri Lanka
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May 9, 2010
|
Kushal Perera, Thisara Perera
|
97
|
Sri Lanka
|
Bangladesh
|
March 16, 2018
|
Damiao Couana, FA Cossa
|
90*
|
Mozambique
|
Malawi
|
November 6, 2019
|
Kushal Perera, De Silva
|
87
|
Sri Lanka
|
West Indies
|
March 4, 2020
|
Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran
|
86*
|
Afganistan
|
Ireland
|
February 21, 2019
|
Aaron Finch, Ashton Agar
|
86
|
Australia
|
England
|
June 27, 2018
|
Brendon McCullum, Luke Ronchi
|
85*
|
New Zealand
|
West Indies
|
January 11, 2014
|
A Hawkins-Kay, B Ward
|
85*
|
Jersey
|
Germany
|
June 20, 2019
|
Kieron Pollard, Fabian Allen
|
84
|
West Indies
|
New Zealand
|
November 27, 2020
|
CG Williams, JJ Smit
|
83
|
Namibia
|
Oman
|
October 29, 2019
|
Kushal Perera and Thisara Perera of the Sri Lankan team are on 2nd place on this list. They had made a partnership of 97 runs for the 6th wicket against Bangladesh at Colombo back on March 16, 2018. Kushal Perera had made 61 runs and Thisara Perera had made 58 runs in that match.
Damiao Couana and FA Cossa of Mozambique had made a 90* runs partnership against Malawi back on November 6, 2019, at Lilongwe. D Couana had made not out 71 runs in just 36 balls and had stolen the show. He had smashed 6 sixes in his inning. F Cossa also had contributed 19 runs in the partnership and helped Damiao Couana from the other end.
Kushal Perera and De Silva had made 87 runs partnership for the Sri Lankan team against West Indies on March 4, 2020, at Kandy. Sri Lankan team had lost their 5 wickets on just 56 runs then Kushal Perera and De Silva had made a brilliant partnership of 87 runs for the 6th wicket. Kushal Perera had scored 66 runs in just 38 balls and De Silva had made 44 runs in that match.
Mohammad Nabi and Nazibullah Zadran of the Afghanistan team are on the 5th spot. They had made an unbeaten partnership of 86 runs for the 6th wicket against Ireland in Dehradun on February 21, 2019. Afghanistan team was struggling on 50 for 5 in a tricky chase of 133 runs. Mohammad Nabi and Nazibullah Zadran had played intelligent cricket and finished the game for Afghanistan. Mohammad Nabi had made 49 runs in 40 balls and Nazibullah Zadran had contributed 40 runs in 36 in the partnership.
Asif Ali and Imad Wasim had made the highest 6th wicket partnership for the Pakistan team against Sri Lanka in Lahore on October 7, 2019. They made 75 runs partnership. Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya had made the highest 6th wicket partnership of 70 runs for the Indian team against England on March 16, 2021, at Ahmedabad.