Aaron Jones and Andris Gus
The ICC T20 World Cup 2024 has started with the match played between hosts USA and Canada on 2 June. In this match, the US team managed to open their account in the points table with a one-sided win against Canada by 7 wickets. In the victory for the US, the pair of Aaron Jones and Andris Gus played an important role in chasing the target, in which a partnership of 131 runs was seen between the two for the third wicket, with which the pair has surpassed the partnership record of Kohli and Pandya in the T20 World Cup.
The second-highest partnership for the third wicket in World Cup history
The Canadian team had given the US team a target of 195 runs in this match, while chasing which they lost both their opening batsmen at a score of 42. From here it seemed difficult for them to win, but after this the pair of Aaron Jones and Gus made this match completely one-sided by making a partnership of 131 runs in just 58 balls for the third wicket. This is also the second-highest partnership for the third or later wicket in the history of the World Cup. In this case, the pair of Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales is at the first place, who made a partnership of 152 runs for the third wicket in the match against Sri Lanka in the 2014 T20 World Cup.
Highest partnership for the third or subsequent wicket in T20 World Cup history
- Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales – 152 runs (vs Sri Lanka, 2014)
- Aaron Jones and Andris Gus – 131 runs (vs Canada, 2024)
- Wanindu Hasaranga and Pathum Nissanka – 123 runs (vs Ireland, 2021)
- Justin Kemp and Herschelle Gibbs – 120 runs (vs West Indies, 2007)
- Shoaib Malik and Misbah-ul-Haq – 119 runs (vs Australia, 2007)
- George Dockrell and Curtis Campher – 119 runs (vs Scotland, 2022)
- Glenn Maxwell and Aaron Finch – 118 runs (vs Pakistan, 2014)
- Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya – 113 runs (vs Pakistan, year 2022)
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