Since the inaugural World T20 was held in South Africa in 2007, the diversion of T20 cricket has steadily advanced into a much more refined sport. It isn't almost going all-guns-blazing and beating the ball out of the park, it is about building associations and cashing in on the proper moments. Let’s take a look at the all-time most noteworthy organizations within the tournament’s history:
1. Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara
Sri Lankan legends Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara take the 1st position in Highest partnerships in World T20 with a humongous partnership of 166 runs for the second wicket at Bridgetown against West Indies in 2010. With the pair retiring from the T20 format after the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.
2. Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan - 2021
The first world cup match for both the teams started with this fierce rivalry. India scored a total of 151, with the help of Virat Kohli’s another fifty. Chasing a total of 152, both openers played brilliantly and chased the total in 18th over with the help of an unbeaten partnership of 152 runs. This was also the first time when Pakistan beat India for the first time in the World Cup.
3. Chris Gayle and Devon Smith - 2007
Chris Gayle and Devon Smith’s opening blitz in the inaugural game of the World T20 in South Africa in 2007 gave the competition a blistering start as the duo produced a 145 run opening stand. Gayle played the role of the aggressor and smashed 117 in just 57 balls while Devon Smith smartly rotated the strike to allow his senior colleague to decimate the South African attack.
4. Salman Butt and Kamran Akmal -2010
Pakistan‘s dangerous pair of Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt took the Bangladesh bowlers to the cleaners as they set Pakistan up for a gigantic score of 172 with an opening organization of 142 runs in 2010 at Gros Islet. Pakistan were triumphant by 21 runs.
5. Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir - 2007
Within the match in which the Punjab dasher Yuvraj Singh tormented England pacer Stuart Broad with six maximums in an over, Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir gave Indian group a sublime begin with a 136-run opening organization, making a difference India post a total of 218. The men in blue inevitably won the game by 18 runs.
