Highest Opening Partnerships in T20 World Cup: Providing the highest opening batting partnership is considered crucial in the shortest format of cricket.
The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament is known for incredible batting stands and highest partnership scores. Despite playing in the short format, batters tend to score higher individual or partnership runs helping the team in the match.
The term “Partnership” means the total number of successful runs scored by two players before one of their dismissals. The partnership between two batsmen will come to an end when one of them is dismissed or retires or the innings come to an end.
Highest Opening partnerships in T20 World Cup
Alex Hales and Jos Buttler hold the highest opening partnership score of 170* runs in the T20 World Cup semi-final match against India in 2022 and helped the side win the match by chasing the target of 169 runs.
Players with the highest partnership runs are listed below with the scores, match details, and venue.
| Partners | Runs | Team | Opposition | Ground |
| AD Hales, JC Buttler | 170* | England | v India | Adelaide |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran | 154 | Afghanistan | v Uganda | Providence |
| Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam | 152* | Pakistan | v India | Dubai (DICS) |
| DS Smith, CH Gayle | 145 | West Indies | v South Africa | Johannesburg |
| Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal | 142 | Pakistan | v Bangladesh | Gros Islet |
| RG Sharma, KL Rahul | 140 | India | v Afghanistan | Abu Dhabi |
| V Sehwag, G Gambhir | 136 | India | v England | Durban |
| CH Gayle, ADS Fletcher | 133 | West Indies | v Australia | The Oval |
| SR Watson, DA Warner | 133 | Australia | v India | Colombo (RPS) |
| Jatinder Singh, Aqib Ilyas | 131* | Oman | v P.N.G. | Al Amerat |
| ST Jayasuriya, TM Dilshan | 124 | Sri Lanka | v West Indies | Nottingham |
| Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Nazir | 124 | Pakistan | v Bangladesh | Pallekele |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran | 118 | Afghanistan | v Australia | Kingstown |
| PD Salt, JC Buttler | 117* | England | v U.S.A. | Bridgetown |
| Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam | 113 | Pakistan | v Namibia | Abu Dhabi |
| Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam | 105 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Sydney |
| ML Hayden, AC Gilchrist | 104 | Australia | v Bangladesh | Cape Town |
| SR Watson, DA Warner | 104 | Australia | v India | Bridgetown |
| CH Gayle, J Charles | 103 | West Indies | v England | Pallekele |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran | 103 | Afghanistan | v New Zealand | Providence |
| ML Hayden, AC Gilchrist | 102* | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town |
| LJ Wright, RS Bopara | 102 | England | v Netherlands | Lord’s |
| DA Warner, AJ Finch | 98 | Australia | v Bangladesh | Mirpur |
| DR Smith, CH Gayle | 97 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Mirpur |
| Q de Kock, HM Amla | 96 | South Africa | v England | Wankhede |
| RE Levi, HM Amla | 94* | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Hambantota |
| SJ Myburgh, PW Borren | 91 | Netherlands | v Ireland | Sylhet |
| HG Munsey, MA Jones | 90* | Scotland | v England | Bridgetown |
| Q de Kock, HM Amla | 90 | South Africa | v England | Chattogram |
| GC Smith, JH Kallis | 87 | South Africa | v Scotland | The Oval |
| RG Sharma, KL Rahul | 86 | India | v Namibia | Dubai (DICS) |
| RR Hendricks, Q de Kock | 86 | South Africa | v England | Gros Islet |
| HG Munsey, KJ Coetzer | 84 | Scotland | v Afghanistan | Nagpur |
| WU Tharanga, ST Jayasuriya | 82 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Johannesburg |
| Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal | 82 | Pakistan | v Australia | Gros Islet |
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Most Runs Scorer in T20 World Cup Year Wise
Virat Kohli’s 319 in the 2014 T20 World Cup is the most runs scored by a player in a single edition of the Men’s T20 World Cup.
| Year | Player | Runs | Team |
| 2024 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | 281 | Afghanistan |
| 2022 | Virat Kohli | 296 | India |
| 2021 | Babar Azam | 303 | Pakistan |
| 2016 | Tamim Iqbal | 295 | Bangladesh |
| 2014 | Virat Kohli | 319 | India |
| 2012 | Shane Watson | 249 | Australia |
| 2010 | Mahela Jayawardene | 302 | Sri Lanka |
| 2009 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 317 | Sri Lanka |
| 2007 | Matthew Hayden | 265 | Australia |
