Highest Partnership in Champions Trophy: Shane Watson and Ricky Ponting’s unbeaten 252 against England is the highest partnership in Champions Trophy history.
The ICC Champions Trophy is a quadrennial Cricket tournament that follows the ODI format. Australia and India are the most successful teams in the Champions Trophy, having etched their names a couple of times each in the Champions Trophy winners list.
Highest Partnership in Champions Trophy
Highest Partnership in Champions Trophy: So far only three countries have scored 200-plus runs partnership in Champions Trophy. Following are the complete details of the Highest Partnership in Champions Trophy on the basis of runs scored.
| Partners | Runs | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| SR Watson, RT Ponting | 252* | Australia | v England | Centurion | 2 Oct 2009 |
| Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah | 224 | Bangladesh | v New Zealand | Cardiff | 9 Jun 2017 |
| Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Yousuf | 206 | Pakistan | v India | Centurion | 26 Sep 2009 |
| V Sehwag, SC Ganguly | 192 | India | v England | Colombo (RPS) | 22 Sep 2002 |
| WW Hinds, CH Gayle | 192 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Southampton | 15 Sep 2004 |
| JH Kallis, HH Gibbs | 178* | South Africa | v India | Colombo (RPS) | 25 Sep 2002 |
| RG Sharma, V Kohli | 178* | India | v Bangladesh | Birmingham | 15 Jun 2017 |
| AJ Stewart, N Hussain | 175 | England | v Bangladesh | Nairobi (Gym) | 5 Oct 2000 |
| CH Gayle, DJ Bravo | 174 | West Indies | v England | Ahmedabad | 28 Oct 2006 |
| Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim | 166 | Bangladesh | v England | The Oval | 1 Jun 2017 |
| WU Tharanga, KC Sangakkara | 165 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Ahmedabad | 10 Oct 2006 |
| CH Gayle, S Chanderpaul | 164* | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Jaipur | 11 Oct 2006 |
| KS Williamson, R Ravindra | 164 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Lahore | 5 Mar 2025 |
| SB Styris, NJ Astle | 163 | New Zealand | v U.S.A. | The Oval | 10 Sep 2004 |
| OA Shah, PD Collingwood | 163 | England | v South Africa | Centurion | 27 Sep 2009 |
| VVS Laxman, SC Ganguly | 161 | India | v Kenya | Southampton | 11 Sep 2004 |
| DPMD Jayawardene, DA Gunawardene | 160 | Sri Lanka | v West Indies | Nairobi (Gym) | 4 Oct 2000 |
| GC Smith, HH Gibbs | 159 | South Africa | v Kenya | Colombo (RPS) | 20 Sep 2002 |
| JE Root, AD Hales | 159 | England | v Bangladesh | The Oval | 1 Jun 2017 |
| BKG Mendis, MD Gunathilaka | 159 | Sri Lanka | v India | The Oval | 8 Jun 2017 |
| BA Stokes, EJG Morgan | 159 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 10 Jun 2017 |
| KC Sangakkara, TM Dilshan | 158 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Centurion | 22 Sep 2009 |
| JE Root, BM Duckett | 158 | England | v Australia | Lahore | 22 Feb 2025 |
| ST Jayasuriya, PA de Silva | 156* | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Colombo (RPS) | 12 Sep 2002 |
| CH Gayle, S Chanderpaul | 154* | West Indies | v South Africa | Jaipur | 2 Nov 2006 |
| Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali | 154 | Bangladesh | v India | Dubai (DICS) | 20 Feb 2025 |
| JP Inglis, AT Carey | 146 | Australia | v England | Lahore | 22 Feb 2025 |
| SC Ganguly, R Dravid | 145 | India | v South Africa | Nairobi (Gym) | 13 Oct 2000 |
| F du Plessis, HM Amla | 145 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | The Oval | 3 Jun 2017 |
| JE Root, EJG Morgan | 143* | England | v Bangladesh | The Oval | 1 Jun 2017 |
| SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly | 141 | India | v New Zealand | Nairobi (Gym) | 15 Oct 2000 |
| ME Trescothick, N Hussain | 141 | England | v Zimbabwe | Colombo (RPS) | 18 Sep 2002 |
| SR Tendulkar, R Dravid | 140 | India | v Australia | Dhaka | 28 Oct 1998 |
| MP Vaughan, ME Trescothick | 140 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 21 Sep 2004 |
| RG Sharma, S Dhawan | 138 | India | v Sri Lanka | The Oval | 8 Jun 2017 |
| RS Morton, BC Lara | 137 | West Indies | v Australia | Brabourne | 18 Oct 2006 |
| CD McMillan, NJ Astle | 136* | New Zealand | v U.S.A. | The Oval | 10 Sep 2004 |
| RG Sharma, S Dhawan | 136 | India | v Pakistan | Birmingham | 4 Jun 2017 |
| RG Twose, NJ Astle | 135 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Nairobi (Gym) | 11 Oct 2000 |
| JH Kallis, HH Dippenaar | 132* | South Africa | v England | Nairobi (Gym) | 10 Oct 2000 |
| SR Tendulkar, A Jadeja | 132 | India | v Australia | Dhaka | 28 Oct 1998 |
| JM Kemp, MV Boucher | 131 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Mohali | 27 Oct 2006 |
| RD Rickelton, T Bavuma | 129 | South Africa | v Afghanistan | Karachi | 21 Feb 2025 |
| R Ravindra, TWM Latham | 129 | New Zealand | v Bangladesh | Rawalpindi | 24 Feb 2025 |
| CL White, SR Watson | 128 | Australia | v New Zealand | Centurion | 5 Oct 2009 |
| V Kohli, S Dhawan | 128 | India | v South Africa | The Oval | 11 Jun 2017 |
| Fakhar Zaman, Azhar Ali | 128 | Pakistan | v India | The Oval | 18 Jun 2017 |
| A Ranatunga, RS Kaluwitharana | 127 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Dhaka | 26 Oct 1998 |
| RG Sharma, S Dhawan | 127 | India | v South Africa | Cardiff | 6 Jun 2013 |
| HE van der Dussen, H Klaasen | 127 | South Africa | v England | Karachi | 1 Mar 2025 |
| AC Parore, SP Fleming | 125 | New Zealand | v Zimbabwe | Dhaka | 24 Oct 1998 |
| JD Ryder, BB McCullum | 125 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 27 Sep 2009 |
| GD Phillips, TWM Latham | 125 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Karachi | 19 Feb 2025 |
| RJ Peterson, AB de Villiers | 124 | South Africa | v India | Cardiff | 6 Jun 2013 |
| Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim | 123 | Bangladesh | v India | Birmingham | 15 Jun 2017 |
| CZ Harris, CL Cairns | 122 | New Zealand | v India | Nairobi (Gym) | 15 Oct 2000 |
| A Flower, ADR Campbell | 118 | Zimbabwe | v New Zealand | Dhaka | 24 Oct 1998 |
| DPMD Jayawardene, RP Arnold | 118 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (RPS) | 30 Sep 2002 |
| DR Martyn, MEK Hussey | 118 | Australia | v England | Jaipur | 21 Oct 2006 |
| Fakhar Zaman, Azhar Ali | 118 | Pakistan | v England | Cardiff | 14 Jun 2017 |
| WA Young, TWM Latham | 118 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Karachi | 19 Feb 2025 |
| JN Rhodes, WJ Cronje | 117 | South Africa | v England | Dhaka | 25 Oct 1998 |
| JN Rhodes, HH Dippenaar | 117 | South Africa | v West Indies | Colombo (SSC) | 13 Sep 2002 |
| M Kaif, R Dravid | 117 | India | v Zimbabwe | Colombo (RPS) | 14 Sep 2002 |
| KC Sangakkara, MS Atapattu | 116 | Sri Lanka | v Netherlands | Colombo (RPS) | 16 Sep 2002 |
| TT Samaraweera, DPMD Jayawardene | 116 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Centurion | 22 Sep 2009 |
| V Kohli, SS Iyer | 114 | India | v Pakistan | Dubai (DICS) | 23 Feb 2025 |
| MJR Rindel, DJ Cullinan | 113 | South Africa | v England | Dhaka | 25 Oct 1998 |
| ML Hayden, AC Gilchrist | 113 | Australia | v Bangladesh | Colombo (SSC) | 19 Sep 2002 |
| AJ Hollioake, NH Fairbrother | 112 | England | v South Africa | Dhaka | 25 Oct 1998 |
| IJL Trott, IR Bell | 111 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 8 Jun 2013 |
| Mohammad Nabi, Ibrahim Zadran | 111 | Afghanistan | v England | Lahore | 26 Feb 2025 |
| KC Sangakkara, KMDN Kulasekara | 110* | Sri Lanka | v England | The Oval | 13 Jun 2013 |
| KD Karthik, S Dhawan | 109* | India | v West Indies | The Oval | 11 Jun 2013 |
| PA Wallace, S Chanderpaul | 109 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 29 Oct 1998 |
| SB Styris, SP Fleming | 108 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Mohali | 25 Oct 2006 |
| LJ Wright, TT Bresnan | 107 | England | v Australia | Centurion | 2 Oct 2009 |
| Yousuf Youhana, Saeed Anwar | 105* | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Nairobi (Gym) | 8 Oct 2000 |
| IJL Trott, JE Root | 105 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 19 Jun 2013 |
| HE van der Dussen, T Bavuma | 105 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Lahore | 5 Mar 2025 |
| Shubman Gill, RG Sharma | 105 | India | v New Zealand | Dubai (DICS) | 9 Mar 2025 |
| AJ Stewart, ID Blackwell | 104 | England | v India | Colombo (RPS) | 22 Sep 2002 |
| DL Vettori, GD Elliott | 104 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 3 Oct 2009 |
| Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan | 104 | Pakistan | v India | Dubai (DICS) | 23 Feb 2025 |
| SR Watson, DR Martyn | 103* | Australia | v West Indies | Brabourne | 5 Nov 2006 |
| DL Vettori, JDP Oram | 103 | New Zealand | v Australia | Mohali | 1 Nov 2006 |
| Ibrahim Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi | 103 | Afghanistan | v England | Lahore | 26 Feb 2025 |
| GC Smith, HH Gibbs | 102 | South Africa | v West Indies | The Oval | 18 Sep 2004 |
| AC Gilchrist, MJ Clarke | 101 | Australia | v West Indies | Brabourne | 18 Oct 2006 |
| RG Sharma, S Dhawan | 101 | India | v West Indies | The Oval | 11 Jun 2013 |
| A Symonds, DR Martyn | 100* | Australia | v New Zealand | The Oval | 16 Sep 2004 |
| KS Williamson, LRPL Taylor | 99 | New Zealand | v Australia | Birmingham | 2 Jun 2017 |
| RR Sarwan, BC Lara | 98 | West Indies | v South Africa | The Oval | 18 Sep 2004 |
| AR Patel, SS Iyer | 98 | India | v New Zealand | Dubai (DICS) | 2 Mar 2025 |
| SPD Smith, AJ Finch | 96 | Australia | v England | Birmingham | 10 Jun 2017 |
| RG Twose, CD McMillan | 95 | New Zealand | v Zimbabwe | Nairobi (Gym) | 9 Oct 2000 |
| DA Miller, RK Kleinveldt | 95 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 19 Jun 2013 |
| KS Williamson, LRPL Taylor | 95 | New Zealand | v England | Cardiff | 6 Jun 2017 |
| MW Short, M Labuschagne | 95 | Australia | v England | Lahore | 22 Feb 2025 |
| ME Waugh, RT Ponting | 94 | Australia | v India | Dhaka | 28 Oct 1998 |
Highest Partnership in Champions Trophy by Wickets
Following are the complete details of the Highest Partnership in Champions Trophy in terms of Wickets.
| Wickets | Runs | Partners | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1st | 192 | V Sehwag, SC Ganguly | India | v England | Colombo (RPS) | 22 Sep 2002 |
| 1st | 192 | WW Hinds, CH Gayle | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Southampton | 15 Sep 2004 |
| 2nd | 252* | SR Watson, RT Ponting | Australia | v England | Centurion | 2 Oct 2009 |
| 3rd | 166 | Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim | Bangladesh | v England | The Oval | 1 Jun 2017 |
| 4th | 206 | Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Yousuf | Pakistan | v India | Centurion | 26 Sep 2009 |
| 5th | 224 | Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah | Bangladesh | v New Zealand | Cardiff | 9 Jun 2017 |
| 6th | 154 | Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali | Bangladesh | v India | Dubai (DICS) | 20 Feb 2025 |
| 7th | 107 | LJ Wright, TT Bresnan | England | v Australia | Centurion | 2 Oct 2009 |
| 8th | 75* | Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mohammad Amir | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Cardiff | 12 Jun 2017 |
| 9th | 95 | DA Miller, RK Kleinveldt | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 19 Jun 2013 |
| 10th | 56* | L Ngidi, DA Miller | South Africa | v New Zealand | Lahore | 5 Mar 2025 |
Who Scored the highest partnership in Champions Trophy History?
252*: Shane Watson – Ricky Ponting
Australia’s Shane Watson and Ricky Ponting hold the record for scoring the highest partnership in ICC Champions Trophy history by scoring an unbeaten 252 against England in the 2009 tournament.
The Aussies duo scripted the history at Centurion on 2 October 2009 which Australia won by 9 wickets.
Batting first England scored 257 runs after losing all their ten wickets. While chasing, Shane Watson and Ponting scored 136 and 111 respectively and paved the way for the team’s victory.
