IND vs ENG: Butler-Brooke created history by adding 233 runs, the second highest partnership in T20 cricket against India.

IND vs ENG: Jos Buttler and captain Harry Brook made a partnership of 233 runs in the fifth match of the ongoing T20 series against India at The Rose Bowl on Saturday. With this partnership the English pair has created history. This is the record of the biggest partnership by England in T20 international cricket. In this case, Butler-Brooke has overtaken the pair of David Malan-Eoin Morgan, who had scored 182 runs against New Zealand in the year 2019.

At the same time, Jos Buttler and Alex Hales have made an unbroken partnership of 170 runs against India in the year 2022 on the ground of Adelaide. This is the highest partnership for the second wicket so far in all T20 International matches.

Butler-Brook played record breaking innings

In this case, the Butler-Brooke pair has broken the record of the pair of Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma, who had made a partnership of 210 runs against South Africa in Johannesburg in the year 2024. On the basis of the brilliant partnership of Butler and Brook, England scored 257 runs after losing 3 wickets in the stipulated overs, which is the highest score of any team against India in T20 cricket.

Earlier, England had scored 246/7 against India at Wankhede. At the same time, West Indies had scored 245 runs against India by losing 6 wickets at Lauderhill ground in 2016. The South African team has scored 227 runs by losing 3 wickets against the host team at Indore ground in the year 2026.

Second biggest partnership in T20 cricket

This is also a record for the second highest partnership (full member team) for any wicket in T20 International cricket. The Afghan pair of Usman Ghani and Hazratullah Zazai top this list, who added 236 runs for the first wicket against Ireland in 2019. At the third position in this list is the Australian pair of Aaron Finch and Darcy Short, who scored 223 runs for the first wicket against Zimbabwe in 2018.

Scored 257 runs after losing 3 wickets

England team came to bat after losing the toss and scored 257 runs losing 3 wickets. The host team had lost the wicket of Philip Salt (6) at the score of 8. From here, Harry Brook made a partnership of 233 runs with Jos Buttler for the second wicket and took the team to a huge score.

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Shivam Dubey took the wickets of Butler and Jacob Bethel (0) on the fourth and fifth balls of the 19th over. Buttler was out after scoring 131 runs in 64 balls with 8 sixes and 12 fours, while Brook played an unbeaten inning of 95 runs in 45 balls with 8 sixes and 4 fours. Dubey took 2 wickets for India. Prasidh Krishna took 1 wicket.

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