It does not happen very often that the last two wicket partnerships save the game for the team. When the legends of batting at the beginning of the order are unable to keep up then the last players in the order might not be able to keep up with the harshness of the bowlers as well. But if there is a crisis then it comes to the last two wickets to save the team and make a good score or chase the target to the best of their abilities. These instances have happened in the T20 World Cup matches.
The following are the players who have worked together in the 9th wicket partnership and worked well or collected many runs over the course of time. The runs were critical for the team and thus made it to the records:
1. Gulbadin Naib and Shapoor Zadran – Scored 44 against England in 2012
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2. Zaheer Khan and Rohit Sharma – Scored 36 against Australia in 2010
3. Hamid Hassan and Mirwais Ashraf – Scored 33 against South Africa in 2010
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4. RL Bhudia and JK Kamande – Scored 27 against New Zealand in 2007
5. Kamran Shazad and EH Silva – Scored 27 against Zimbabwe in 2014
6. Mashrafe Mortaza and Sohag Gazi – Scored 24 against West Indies in 2014
7. Abdur Razzak and Mashrafe Mortaza – Scored 24 against Ireland in 2009
After a team has lost 8 wickets, it is almost dead. After this, there isn’t much that can be done for the team. It is all about sticking to the crease and scoring whatever one or two runs that the team can. But some players have had some luck and made records in scoring the maximum number of runs at this stage and provide the much-needed assistance to their team as a whole.
Read more about the Highest 8th Wicket Partnerships in the T20 World Cup as well. This will give you more information on the records and statistics that are formed by the players over time. Keep reading for more data.
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