The second wicket partnership in T20 matches hold a key to team’s huge total that we see these days. The T20 cricket world cup, launched in the year 2007, has witnessed as many as six hundred-run-stands for the second wicket in this tournament until now. Also, there are 32 fifty-run-partnerships for the second wicket in world T20 championship ever since the inauguration of this coveted tournament.
Out of 6 hundred-run-partnerships for the second wicket, Sri-Lanka registered 3 of them closely followed by India and England. The efficacy of Sri-Lankan top order batsmen can be easily gauged by this vital fact that legendary batsman Mahela Jayawardene was involved in all those three century-run-stands for the second wicket for Sri Lanka alongside Kumar Sangakkara or T Dilshan.
India’s flamboyant pair Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli repeated the success twice and shared two century-run stands between themselves for the second wicket in 2014 T20 World Cup while English pair Kieswetter & Pietersen got one hundred-run-partnership between them during World T20 Championship in 2010.
Highest 2nd Wicket Partnership in T20 World Cup
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakkara
(Sri Lanka) |
166 |
WI |
Bridgetown |
07/05/2010 |
T. Dilshan & Mahela Jayawardene
(Sri Lanka) |
145 |
ENG |
Chittagong |
27/03/2014 |
| MR Marsh, DA Warner (AUS) |
124 |
WI |
Abu Dhabi |
06/11/2021 |
Craig Kieswetter & Kevin Pietersen
(England) |
111 |
AUS |
Bridgetown |
16/05/2010 |
Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakkara
(Sri Lanka) |
108* |
WI |
Pallekele |
29/09/2012 |
Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma
(India) |
106 |
WI |
Dhaka |
23/03/2014 |
Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma
(India) |
100 |
BAN |
Dhaka |
28/03/2014 |
Michael Hussey & Shane Watson
(Australia) |
99 |
SA |
Colombo |
30/09/2012 |
Jacques Kallis & Graeme Smith
(South Africa) |
97 |
India |
Gross Islet |
02/05/2010 |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul & Dwayne Smith
(West Indies) |
95 |
BAN |
Joannesburg |
13/09/2007 |
Craig Kieswetter & Kevin Petersen
(England) |
94 |
SA |
Bridgetown |
08/05/2010 |
Highest 2nd Wicket Partnership in 2007 T20 World Cup
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul & Dwayne Smith
(West Indies) |
95 |
Bangladesh |
Johannesburg |
13/09/2007 |
Sanath Jayasuriya & Kumar Sangakkara
(Sri Lanka) |
75 |
Kenya |
Johannesburg |
14/09/2007 |
Aftab Ahmed & Junaid Siddiqui
(Bangladesh) |
63 |
Pakistan |
Cape Town |
20/09/2007 |
PG Fulton & Brendon McCullum
(New Zealand) |
58 |
India |
Johannesburg |
16/09/2007 |
Albie Morkel & Graeme Smith
(South Africa) |
43 |
Bangladesh |
Cape Town |
15/09/2007 |
Highest Second Wicket Partnership in 2009 T20 World Cup
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
Herschelle Gibbs & Jacques Kallis
(South Africa) |
74 |
England |
Nottingham |
11/06/2009 |
Ravi Bopara & Kevin Pietersen
(England) |
71 |
India |
The Oval |
14/06/2009 |
T. Dilshan & Kumar Sangakkara
(Sri Lanka) |
62 |
Australia |
Nottingham |
08/06/2009 |
K. Coetzer & NS Poonia
(Scotland) |
59 |
New Zealand |
The Oval |
06/06/2009 |
Ravi Bopara & Kevin Pietersen
(England) |
56 |
West Indies |
The Oval |
15/06/2009 |
Highest Second Wicket Partnership in T20 World Cup 2010
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakkara
(Sri Lanka) |
166 |
West Indies |
Bridgetown |
07/05/2010 |
Craig Kieswetter & Kevin Petersen
(England) |
111 |
Australia |
Bridgetown |
16/05/2010 |
Jacques Kallis & Graeme Smith
(South Africa) |
97 |
India |
Gross Islet |
02/05/2010 |
Craig Kieswetter & Kevin Petersen
(England) |
94 |
South Africa |
Bridgetown |
08/05/2010 |
Gautam Gambhir & Suresh Raina
(India) |
66 |
Sri Lanka |
Gros Islet |
11/05/2010 |
Highest 2nd Wicket Partnership in T20 World Cup 2012
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakkara
(Sri Lanka) |
108* |
West Indies |
Pallekele |
29/09/2012 |
Michael Hussey & Shane Watson
(Australia) |
99 |
South Africa |
Colombo |
30/09/2012 |
James Franklin & Brendon McCullum
(New Zealand) |
94 |
Bangladesh |
Pallekele |
21/09/2012 |
Mohammad Hafeez & Nasir Jamshed
(Pakistan) |
76 |
New Zealand |
Pallekele |
23/09/2012 |
Virat Kohli & Virendra Sehwag
(India) |
74 |
Pakistan |
Colombo |
30/09/2012 |
Highest Second Wicket Partnership in T20 World Cup 2014
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
T. Dilshan & Mahela Jayawardene
(Sri Lanka) |
145 |
England |
Chittagong |
27/03/2014 |
Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma
(India) |
106 |
West Indies |
Dhaka |
23/03/2014 |
Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma
(India) |
100 |
Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
28/03/2014 |
Moen Ali & MJ Lumb
(England) |
72 |
New Zealand |
Chittagong |
22/03/2014 |
H Masakadza & B Taylor
(Zimbabwe) |
62 |
Netherlands |
Sylhet |
19/03/2014 |
Highest 2nd Wicket Partnership in T20 World Cup 2016
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
Sabbir Rahman, Tamim Iqbal
(Bangladesh) |
97 |
Oman |
Dharmasala |
13/03/2016 |
Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez
(Pakistan) |
95 |
BAN |
Kolkata |
16/03/2016 |
Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Shahzad
(Afghanistan) |
82 |
SCO |
Nagpur |
08/03/2016 |
C Munro, KS Williamson
(New Zealand) |
74 |
ENG |
Delhi |
30/03/2016 |
Highest Second Wicket Partnership in T20 World Cup 2021
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
MR Marsh, DA Warner
(Australia) |
124 |
WI |
Abu Dhabi |
06/11/2021 |
MR Marsh, DA Warner
(Australia) |
92 |
NZ |
Dubai |
14/11/2021 |
KIC Asalanka, P Nissanka
(Sri Lanka) |
91 |
WI |
Abu Dhabi |
04/11/2021 |
DJ Malan, JJ Roy
(England) |
73 |
BAN |
Abu Dhabi |
27/10/2021 |
Highest 2nd Wicket Partnership in T20 World Cup Team Wise