Babar, Rizwan equal Rohit, Rahul’s T20I record

Most fifty-plus partnerships by a pair in T20Is. Here is the list of top 7 pairs.

The Indian opening duo have scored 1,743 runs from 52 innings together at an average of 33.51 including 4 hundred-plus and 7 fifty-plus partnerships.

7 | Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma (11)

The Ireland pair has scored 1,454 runs from 52 innings at an average of 28.50 including 2 fifty-plus and 2 100-plus partnerships.

6 | Andrew Balbirnie, Paul Stirling (12)

The Scotland pair has 1,577 runs from 46 innings at an average of 34.28 including 2 hundred-plus and 10 fifty-plus partnerships.

5 | Kyle Coetzer, George Munsey (12)

The Kiwi pair has 1,389 runs from 30 innings at an average of 48.89 including 4 hundred-plus and 8 fifty-plus partnerships.

4 | Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson (12)

The Irish pair has scored 1,720 runs from 49 innings at an average of 35.10 including 3 hundred-plus and 10 fifty-plus partnerships.

3 | Kevin O’Brien, Paul Stirling (13)

The Indian opening duo has scored 1,704 runs from 34 innings at an average of 51.63 including 5 hundred-plus and 9 fifty-plus partnerships.

2 | KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (14)

The in-form Pakistan duo has 2,043 runs from 38 innings at an average of 56.75 including 7 hundred-plus and 7 fifty-plus partnerships. Their highest partnership is 203 not out.

1 | Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (14)

Babar, Rizwan equalled the partnership record with a 97-run opening partnership against England in the fourth T20I. 

Record-equalling partnership

In the ongoing series, Rizwan also became the joint-fastest to 2,000 T20I runs. Both Babar and Rizwan reached the milestone from just 52 innings. 

Babar, Rizwan’s record

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