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 |
| Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman | 176 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele |
| TL Seifert, FH Allen | 175* | New Zealand | v U.A.E. | Chennai |
| AD Hales, JC Buttler | 170* | England | v India | Adelaide |
| RR Rossouw, Q de Kock | 168 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Sydney |
| KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene | 166 | Sri Lanka | v West Indies | Bridgetown |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran | 154 | Afghanistan | v Uganda | Providence |
| Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam | 152* | Pakistan | v India | Dubai (DICS) |
| EJG Morgan, AD Hales | 152 | England | v Sri Lanka | Chattogram |
| R Ravindra, GD Phillips | 146* | New Zealand | v Canada | Chennai |
| DS Smith, CH Gayle | 145 | West Indies | v South Africa | Johannesburg |
| DPMD Jayawardene, TM Dilshan | 145 | Sri Lanka | v England | Chattogram |
| 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 |
| AGS Gous, Aaron Jones | 131 | U.S.A. | v Canada | Dallas |
| HG Munsey, MA Jones | 126 | Scotland | v Italy | Eden Gardens |
| J Mosca, AJ Mosca | 124* | Italy | v Nepal | Wankhede |
| ST Jayasuriya, TM Dilshan | 124 | Sri Lanka | v West Indies | Nottingham |
| Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Nazir | 124 | Pakistan | v Bangladesh | Pallekele |
| DA Warner, MR Marsh | 124 | Australia | v West Indies | Abu Dhabi |
| – | 123 | Sri Lanka | v Ireland | Abu Dhabi |
| R Powell, SO Hetmyer | 122 | West Indies | v Zimbabwe | Wankhede |
| JM Kemp, HH Gibbs | 120* | South Africa | v West Indies | Johannesburg |
| Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq | 119* | Pakistan | v Australia | Johannesburg |
| GH Dockrell, C Campher | 119* | Ireland | v Scotland | Hobart |
| GJ Maxwell, AJ Finch | 118 | Australia | v Pakistan | Mirpur |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran | 118 | Afghanistan | v Australia | Kingstown |
| PD Salt, JC Buttler | 117* | England | v U.S.A. | Bridgetown |
| TL Seifert, FH Allen | 117 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Eden Gardens |
| YS Samra, DS Bajwa | 116 | Canada | v New Zealand | Chennai |
| RD Rickelton, Q de Kock | 114 | South Africa | v Afghanistan | Ahmedabad |
| Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam | 113 | Pakistan | v Namibia | Abu Dhabi |
| HH Pandya, V Kohli | 113 | India | v Pakistan | Melbourne |
| Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim | 112 | Bangladesh | v Australia | Mirpur |
| EJG Morgan, JC Buttler | 112 | England | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah |
| KP Pietersen, C Kieswetter | 111 | England | v Australia | Bridgetown |
| AK Markram, Q de Kock | 110 | South Africa | v U.S.A. | North Sound |
| Mohammad Ashraful, Aftab Ahmed | 109 | Bangladesh | v West Indies | Johannesburg |
| KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene | 108* | Sri Lanka | v West Indies | Pallekele |
| EJG Morgan, AD Hales | 107 | England | v West Indies | Pallekele |
| A Sharafu, Muhammad Waseem | 107 | U.A.E. | v New Zealand | Chennai |
| RG Sharma, V Kohli | 106 | India | v West Indies | Mirpur |
| GD Phillips, MJ Guptill | 105 | New Zealand | v Scotland | Dubai (DICS) |
| Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam | 105 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Sydney |
| SV Samson, Ishan Kishan | 105 | India | v New Zealand | Ahmedabad |
| ML Hayden, AC Gilchrist | 104 | Australia | v Bangladesh | Cape Town |
| SR Watson, DA Warner | 104 | Australia | v India | Bridgetown |
| MR Marsh, TM Head | 104 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele |
| HE van der Dussen, AK Markram | 103* | South Africa | v England | Sharjah |
| 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, MP Stoinis | 102 | Australia | v Oman | Bridgetown |
| CL White, MEK Hussey | 101* | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Bridgetown |
| Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik | 101 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg |
| AD Poynter, KJ O’Brien | 101 | Ireland | v Netherlands | Sylhet |
| LJ Tucker, GJ Delany | 101 | Ireland | v Oman | Colombo (SSC) |
| KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood | 100 | England | v Zimbabwe | Cape Town |
| RG Sharma, V Kohli | 100 | India | v Bangladesh | Mirpur |
| SR Watson, MEK Hussey | 99 | Australia | v South Africa | Colombo (RPS) |
| SR Watson, DJ Hussey | 98 | Australia | v Pakistan | Gros Islet |
| DA Warner, AJ Finch | 98 | Australia | v Bangladesh | Mirpur |
| Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi | 98 | Afghanistan | v Zimbabwe | Nagpur |
| SV Samson, Abhishek Sharma | 98 | India | v New Zealand | Ahmedabad |
| PD Salt, JM Bairstow | 97* | England | v West Indies | Gros Islet |
| GC Smith, JH Kallis | 97 | South Africa | v India | Gros Islet |
| DR Smith, CH Gayle | 97 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Mirpur |
| Tamim Iqbal, Sabbir Rahman | 97 | Bangladesh | v Oman | Dharamsala |
| LMP Simmons, J Charles | 97 | West Indies | v India | Wankhede |
| P Nissanka, BKG Mendis | 97 | Sri Lanka | v Australia | Pallekele |
| DA Miller, D Brevis | 97 | South Africa | v India | Ahmedabad |
| SV Samson, Ishan Kishan | 97 | India | v England | Wankhede |
| Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal | 96 | Pakistan | v Australia | Mirpur |
| Q de Kock, HM Amla | 96 | South Africa | v England | Wankhede |
| SA Yadav, V Kohli | 95* | India | v Netherlands | Sydney |
| DS Smith, S Chanderpaul | 95 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Johannesburg |
| LJ Wright, EJG Morgan | 95 | England | v West Indies | Providence |
| Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad | 95 | Pakistan | v Bangladesh | Eden Gardens |
| Sediqullah Atal, Ibrahim Zadran | 95 | Afghanistan | v Canada | Chennai |
| AK Markram, Q de Kock | 95 | South Africa | v West Indies | Ahmedabad |
| RE Levi, HM Amla | 94* | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Hambantota |
| KP Pietersen, C Kieswetter | 94 | England | v South Africa | Bridgetown |
| KC Sangakkara, BMAJ Mendis | 94 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Hambantota |
| BB McCullum, JEC Franklin | 94 | New Zealand | v Bangladesh | Pallekele |
| P Rathnayake, BKG Mendis | 94 | Sri Lanka | v Oman | Pallekele |
| D Wiese, MG Erasmus | 93 | Namibia | v Netherlands | Abu Dhabi |
| MR Marsh, TM Head | 93 | Australia | v Oman | Pallekele |
| MH Cross, RD Berrington | 92 | Scotland | v P.N.G. | Al Amerat |
| DA Warner, MR Marsh | 92 | Australia | v New Zealand | Dubai (DICS) |
| J Mosca, BAD Manenti | 92 | Italy | v England | Eden Gardens |
| SD Hope, SO Hetmyer | 91* | West Indies | v Nepal | Wankhede |
| Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful | 91 | Bangladesh | v Pakistan | Gros Islet |
| SJ Myburgh, PW Borren | 91 | Netherlands | v Ireland | Sylhet |
| P Nissanka, KIC Asalanka | 91 | Sri Lanka | v West Indies | Abu Dhabi |
| KS Williamson, GD Phillips | 91 | New Zealand | v England | Brisbane |
| Harmeet Singh, AGS Gous | 91 | U.S.A. | v South Africa | North Sound |
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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 |
| 2026 | Sahibzada Farhan | 383 | Pakistan |
| 2024 | Rahmanullan 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 |
