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

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