3 Big Opening Partnership Losing Cause in T20: Today's era in T20 cricket is the era of batsmen. In this format, there is a lot of batting between batsmen and bowlers. Sometimes even a record opening partnership is not a guarantee of victory in the match. Something similar was seen in SA20 on Friday. Where it was seen in the match between Durban Supergiants and Pretoria Capitals.
In this match, Durban Supergiants team, playing first, scored 209 runs for 4 wickets. After this, Will Jacques and Rahmanullah Gurbaz made a tremendous partnership for Pretoria Capitals and made a partnership of 154 runs for the first wicket. But the subsequent batsmen disappointed and his team had to face defeat by 2 runs. This has happened before in T20 also. So let us tell you the 3 biggest opening partnerships in T20 cricket which came in a losing match.
3. Babar Azam and Sharjeel Khan- 176 runs (PSL 2021)
Even in the Pakistan Super League, there have been defeats despite a big opening partnership. In the PSL of the year 2021, the match of Karachi Kings was played with Islamabad United. Playing for Karachi Kings in this match, Sharjeel Khan and Babar Azam added 176 runs for the first wicket and their team scored 196 runs for 3 wickets. In which Sharjeel scored 105 and Babar scored 62 runs. But even after this Islamabad United won this match.
2. Laurie Evans and Will Jacques- 177 runs (T20 Blast 2023)
England's T20 league T20 Blast 2023 saw a tremendous match. A match was played at The Oval between Surrey and Middlesex. In which the opening batsmen for Surrey, Laurie Evans and Will Jacques made a tremendous partnership and scored 177 runs for the first wicket. In which Jacques scored 96 and Evans scored 85 runs. His team scored 252 runs for 7 wickets. But still Middlesex won the match.
1.Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul – 183 runs (IPL 2020)
The two star batsmen of the Indian cricket team, KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal, have held the responsibility of opening for their home team Karnataka for a long time. Besides, both these star batsmen have also played a lot with Punjab Kings in IPL. Both these batsmen have also had a great partnership. In the match played against Rajasthan in Sharjah in IPL 2020, Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul added 183 runs for the first wicket. In which Rahul scored 69 runs and Mayank Agarwal scored 106 runs. But in this match Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings.
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