In the early years of twenty-twenty cricket, a team losing three wickets in this format would mean low total on scoreboard and imminent defeat. But in the very first edition of the World T20 tournament itself, South African batting pair Gibbs and Kemp, entered into the record book with an unbeaten 120-run-partnership (match-winning) between them at a match against West Indies in Johannesburg.
The Bangladeshi batting pair of Aftab Ahmed and Mohammad Ashraful again repeated the history in the same tournament with a brilliant 109-run stand for the third wicket against West Indies in Johannesburg. But apart from these two-century-run stands, there were no such instance for the next seven years in a row. In other words, there was no hundred run partnership for the third wicket in T20 Cricket World Cup 2009, 2010 and 2012. However, in the last edition of the T20 World Cup held in the year 2014, there were three hundred-run-partnerships for the third wicket which is a world record in itself. Until now, only five times a batting pair has succeeded in putting hundred or more run partnerships for the third wicket. The complete list is given below;
Highest Third Wicket Partnership in T20 World Cup
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
A Hales & Eoin Morgan
(England) |
152 |
Sri Lanka |
Chittagong |
27/03/2014 |
Herschelle Gibbs & Justin Kemp
(South Africa) |
120 |
WI |
Johannesburg |
11/09/2007 |
Aaron Finch & Glenn Maxwell
(Australia) |
118 |
Pakistan |
Dhaka |
23/03/2014 |
Mushfiqur Rahim & Shakib Al Hasan
(Bangladesh) |
112 |
Australia |
Dhaka |
01/04/2014 |
Aftab Ahmed & Mohammad Ashraful
(Bangladesh) |
109 |
WI |
Johannesburg |
13/09/2007 |
AK Markram, Rassie van der Dussen
(South Africa) |
103* |
ENG |
Sharjah |
06/11/2021 |
David Hussey & Shane Watson
(Australia) |
98 |
Pakistan |
Gros Islet |
02/05/2010 |
J Charles, LMP Simmons
(West Indies) |
97 |
India |
Mumbai |
31/03/2016 |
Kamran Akmal & Umar Akmal
(Pakistan) |
96 |
Australia |
Dhaka |
23/03/2014 |
RD Berrington, MH Cross
(Scotland) |
92 |
PNG |
Al Amerat |
19/10/2021 |
Mohammad Ashraful & Shakib Al Hasan
(Bangladesh) |
91 |
Pakistan |
Gros Islet |
01/05/2010 |
Eoin Morgan & Luke Wright
(England) |
89 |
NZ |
Pallekele |
29/09/2012 |
Suresh Raina & Yuvraj Singh
(India) |
88 |
South Africa |
Gros Islet |
02/05/2010 |
Highest 3rd Wicket Partnership in 2007 T20 World Cup
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
Herschelle Gibbs & Justin Kemp
(South Africa) |
120 |
West Indies |
Johannesburg |
11/09/2007 |
Aftab Ahmed & Mohammad Ashraful
(Bangladesh) |
109 |
West Indies |
Johannesburg |
13/09/2007 |
Sanath Jayasuriya & Mahela Jayawardene
(Sri Lanka) |
87 |
Kenya |
Johannesburg |
14/09/2007 |
Robin Uthappa & Yuvraj Singh
(India) |
84 |
Australia |
Durban |
22/09/2007 |
Ross Taylor & PG Fulton
(New Zealand) |
70 |
Sri Lanka |
Johannesburg |
15/09/2007 |
Highest 3rd Wicket Partnership in 2009 T20 World Cup
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
Shahid Afridi & Shoaib Maillik
(Pakistan) |
76 |
Sri Lanka |
Lord’s |
21/06/2009 |
Sanath Jayasuriya & Mahela Jayawardene
(Sri Lanka) |
67 |
Ireland |
Lord’s |
14/06/2009 |
Shahid Afridi & Shoaib Mallik
(Pakistan) |
67 |
South Africa |
Nottingham |
18/06/2009 |
Kevin Pietersen & Owais Shah
(England) |
66 |
Pakistan |
The Oval |
07/06/2009 |
T. Dilshan & Kumar Sangakkara
(Sri Lanka) |
62 |
New Zealand |
Nottingham |
16/06/2009 |
Top Third Wicket Partnership in 2010 T20 World Cup
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
David Hussey & Shane Watson
(Australia) |
98 |
Pakistan |
Gros Islet |
02/05/2010 |
Mohammad Ashraful & Shakib Al Hasan
(Bangladesh) |
91 |
Pakistan |
Gros Islet |
01/05/2010 |
Suresh Raina & Yuvraj Singh
(India) |
88 |
South Africa |
Gros Islet |
02/05/2010 |
Paul Collingwood & Kevin Pietersen
(England) |
60 |
Pakistan |
Bridgetown |
06/05/2010 |
U. Chandimal & Mahela Jayawardene
(Sri Lanka) |
59 |
New Zealand |
Providence |
30/04/2010 |
Biggest Third Wicket Partnership in 2012 T20 World Cup
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
Eoin Morgan & Luke Wright
(England) |
89 |
New Zealand |
Pallekele |
29/09/2012 |
DJ Bravo & Chris Gayle
(West Indies) |
83 |
Australia |
Colombo |
05/10/2012 |
Kamran Akmal & Nasir Jamshed
(Pakistan) |
79 |
Australia |
Colombo |
02/10/2012 |
Ross Taylor & Brendon McCullum
(New Zealand) |
78 |
Bangladesh |
Pallekele |
21/09/2012 |
Eoin Morgan & Luke Wright
(England) |
72 |
Afghanistan |
Colombo |
21/09/2012 |
Highest 3rd Wicket Partnership in 2014 T20 World Cup
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
A Hales & Eoin Morgan
(England) |
152 |
Sri Lanka |
Chittagong |
27/03/2014 |
Aaron Finch & Glenn Maxwell
(Australia) |
118 |
Pakistan |
Dhaka |
23/03/2014 |
Mushfiqur Rahim & Shakib Al Hasan
(Bangladesh) |
112 |
Australia |
Dhaka |
01/04/2014 |
Kamran Akmal & Umar Akmal
(Pakistan) |
96 |
Australia |
Dhaka |
23/03/2014 |
P Khadka & G Malla
(Nepal) |
80 |
Hong Kong |
Chittagong |
16/03/2014 |
Highest Third Wicket Partnership in T20 World Cup 2016
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
J Charles, LMP Simmons
(West Indies) |
97 |
India |
Mumbai |
31/03/2016 |
MS Dhoni, V Kohli
(India) |
64* |
WI |
Mumbai |
31/03/2016 |
CJ Anderson, MJ Guptill
(New Zealand) |
52 |
PAK |
Mohali |
22/03/2016 |
Highest 3rd Wicket Partnership in T20 World Cup 2021
| Batsmen (Team) |
Runs |
Against |
Venue |
Date |
AK Markram, Rassie van der Dussen
(South Africa) |
103* |
ENG |
Sharjah |
06/11/2021 |
RD Berrington, MH Cross
(Scotland) |
92 |
PNG |
Al Amerat |
19/10/2021 |
Najibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
(Afghanistan) |
87 |
SCOT |
Sharjah |
25/10/2021 |
AK Markram, Rassie van der Dussen
(South Africa) |
83* |
WI |
Dubai |
26/10/2021 |