England opener joss butler And Alex Hales The highest partnership in the history of the ICC T20 World Cup event on Thursday. The two attacking batsmen achieved the historic feat during the semi-final against India in the ongoing 2022 edition of the tournament. Chasing 169, Butler and Hales smashed the Indian bowlers across the park. He chased down the target without losing a wicket. England ended on 170/0 with four overs to spare. Buttler scored 80 runs in 49 balls with the help of nine fours and three sixes and Hales scored 86 runs in 47 balls with the help of four fours and seven sixes.
With this, he has left the South African batsmen behind. quinton de kock And Riley RossouwWho shared a 168-run partnership for the second wicket against Bangladesh in the current tournament.
They are followed by Sri Lankan batsmen. Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, who shared a 166-run partnership against West Indies in 2010. After this comes the pair of Pakistan. Babar Azmi and Mohammad Rizwan, who put on a 152-run partnership for the opening wicket against India in the 2021 edition of the tournament.
This is the second highest partnership for any wicket against India in the shortest format. The highest partnership against India in T20Is is the fourth wicket partnership of 174 runs by Quinton de Kock and David Miller (South Africa) in the second T20I of the three-match series in October.
Butler-Hales also scored the second highest partnership for England in T20I cricket. Highest partnership for any wicket in T20I for England was held by David Malana And Eoin Morgan (182 runs) against New Zealand in 2019.
The target of 169 runs is the second highest target chased by any team without losing a wicket. Earlier in England’s tour of Pakistan, the home team chased down a total of 200 runs set by England in the second T20I of the series in Karachi.
Coming into the match, Butler and Hales mocked the target of 169 as they won by 10 wickets in just 16 overs.
Opting to bat first, the Rohit Sharma-led team lost three wickets in 12 overs and only 75 runs were scored from the board. Later, Hardik Pandyawith Virat Kohli, took charge and completely changed the pace of the innings. Pandya scored 63 runs in 33 balls while Kohli scored 50 runs in 40 balls to take the team’s score to 168/6 in 20 overs.
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Later, the England openers did not spare any Indian bowler as the chase of 169 runs without any challenge. for England, Chris Jordan While taking three wickets Chris Woakes And Adil Rashid Took one wicket each.
With this win, England have made it to the final of the 2022 T20 World Cup against Pakistan.
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