In twenty-twenty matches, there are a number of times when fourth wicket partnership does wonder for team India. Especially, the likes of Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Raina and Virat Kohli, have really produced some good knocks and match winning performances despite team India’s loss of first four wickets at relatively cheap scores. Amongst these knocks, the match winning 66-run partnership between Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina is on top of the list. This helped India win their 4th consecutive World T20 matches against Pakistan in 2014 at Dhaka.
If you take your memories back to 2007, then Yuvraj Singh’s explosive 6 sixes in 1 over against England came at a time when MS Dhoni was playing on the other side and duo was building a solid partnership. Soon, they forged an important 61-run partnership for the fourth wicket to guide India to fantastic victory. Until now, there are a lot of useful 30s and 40s in T20 World Cup but India recorded only 2 fifty plus run partnerships for the fourth wicket since 2007.
Highest 4th Wicket Partnership in T20 World Cup For India
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Batsmen (Team)
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Runs
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Against
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Venue
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Date
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Virat Kohli & Suresh Raina
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66*
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Pakistan
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Dhaka
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21/03/2014
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MS Dhoni & Yuvraj Singh
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61
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England
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Durban
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19/09/2007
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MS Dhoni & Rohit Sharma
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47
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England
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Colombo
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23/09/2012
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Virat Kohli & Suresh Raina
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46
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Afghanistan
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Colombo
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19/09/2012
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Yousuf Pathan & Suresh Raina
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43
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South Africa
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Gros Islet
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02/05/2010
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