Apart from witnessing so many great individual performances, the MA Chidambaram Stadium has seen some great partnerships too. The best opening partnership for Africa XI in 2007 was 117 runs between South Africa’s AB de Villiers and Zimbabwe’s Vusi Sibanda. The best partnership for the second wicket was between the West Indies’ Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer. The duo added 218 runs together, which is the highest partnership for any wicket on this ground in ODIs. The best partnership for the third wicket at this venue was between Rahul Dravid and Vinod Kambli. They both scored 134 runs together against Pakistan in 1997. Below is the list of batting partnerships at the venue by wickets.
|
Wicket |
Runs |
Partners |
Team |
Opposition |
Year |
|
1st |
117 |
AB de Villiers & Vusi Sibanda |
Africa XI |
v Asia XI |
2007 |
|
2nd |
218 |
Shai Hope & Shimron Hetmyer |
West Indies |
v India |
2019 |
|
3rd |
134 |
Rahul Dravid & Vinod Kambli |
India |
v Pakistan |
1997 |
|
4th |
168 |
Lee Germon & Chris Harris |
New Zealand |
v Australia |
1996 |
|
5th |
84 |
Sourav Ganguly & Mohammad Yousuf |
Asia XI |
v Africa XI |
2007 |
|
6th |
218 |
Mahela Jayawardene & MS Dhoni |
Asia XI |
v Africa XI |
2007 |
|
7th |
125* |
MS Dhoni & Ravichandran Ashwin |
India |
v Pakistan |
2012 |
|
8th |
33 |
Morne van Wyk & Dale Steyn |
South Africa |
v England |
2011 |
|
9th |
22 |
Tim Bresnan & Greame Swann |
England |
v West Indies |
2011 |
|
10th |
43 |
Thomas Odoyo & Morne Morkel |
Africa XI |
v Asia XI |
2007 |
