Top Ten Partnerships in World Cup
Highest parternship record for any wicket in world cup is of 318 runs scored by Indian greats Rahul Dravid & Sourav Ganguly (2nd wicket) aganist Sri Lanka at Taunton in the 1999 world cup. The top positions are occupied by Asian teams - India (3) and Sri Lanka (2). Complete list of top ten partnerships in world cup are as follows:
Top Ten Partnerships in World Cup
1. Sourav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid (India) - 1999 World Cup
318 for the 2nd wicket against Sri Lanka at Taunton.
2. WU Tharanga & TM Dilshan (Sri Lanka) - 2011 World Cup
282 for the 1st wicket against Zimbabwe at Pallekele.
3. Sachin Tendulkar & Sourav Ganguly (India) - 2003 World Cup
244 for the 2nd wicket against Namibia at Pietermaritzburg.
4. Sachin Tendulkar & Rahul Dravid (India) - 1999 World Cup
237* for the 3rd wicket against Kenya at Bristol.
5. Ricky Ponting, DR Martyn (Australia) - 2003 World Cup
234* for the 3rd wicket against India at Johannesburg
6. WU Tharanga & TM Dilshan (Sri Lanka) - 2011 World Cup
231* for the 1st wicket against England at Colombo (RPS)
7. Kloppenburg & Noortwijk (Netherlands) - 2003 World Cup
228 for the 2nd wicket against Namibia at Bloemfontein
8. Hashim Amla & AB de Villiers (South Africa) - 2011 World Cup
221 for the 3rd wicket against Netherlands at Mohali
9. Mark Waugh & Steve Waugh (Australia) - 1996 World Cup
207 for the 3rd wicket against Kenya at Visakhapatnam
10. MJ Clarke, BJ Hodge (Australia) - 2007 World Cup
204 for the 4th wicket against Netherlands at Basseterre
Compiled by CRICKETNMORE