Partnership is one of the pivotal elements in any format of cricket. Each team which fails to do so is likely to get out with low scores or struggle to catch the opponent’s target. Without help and support from another batsman, it is impossible to claim a match even for the best batsman. For this reason, we see the importance of biggest partnerships in every format of cricket and the same applies to IPL.
However, many times despite a good partnership, the team has to face defeat, an example of which we saw in the 50th match of IPL 2024, in which Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag of Rajasthan Royals made a century partnership but their team lost the match.
This was the second highest partnership in IPL, which came in an unsuccessful run chase. In this article, we are going to mention the 3 biggest partnerships in IPL history, which were seen while chasing the target but could not lead the team to victory.
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3 biggest partnerships of IPL in unsuccessful run chases
3. Faf du Plessis-Glenn Maxwell (126), Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings, 2023
In the 24th match of IPL 2023, Chennai Super Kings, batting first, scored 226/6 and gave Royal Challengers Bangalore a target of 227 to win. While chasing the target, RCB lost 2 wickets till the score of 15 but then for the third wicket, the pair of captain Faf du Plessis (62) and Glenn Maxwell (76) made a partnership of 126 runs and took the team in a strong position. Went. However, after the dismissal of these two, the Bengaluru team could not score the required runs in the last overs and lost the match by 8 runs.
2. Yashasvi Jaiswal-Ryan Parag (134) Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2024
In the 50th match of IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad had given a target of 202 runs to Rajasthan Royals, while chasing which Sanju Samson’s team scored 2 runs in the very first over. Wickets were lost. From here Yashasvi Jaiswal (67) and Riyan Parag (77) targeted the opposition bowlers and made a partnership of 134 runs in 78 balls for the third wicket. However, in the last over, Rajasthan Royals batsman failed to score the required 13 runs to win and the team suffered a thrilling defeat by 1 run.
1. Kane Williamson-Manish Pandey (135), Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2018
In the 51st match of IPL 2018, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team batted first and scored 218/6. In reply, while chasing the target of 207, Sunrisers Hyderabad were able to score only 204/3 after playing the entire overs. During Hyderabad’s innings, captain Kane Williamson (81) and Manish Pandey (62) had an excellent partnership but the team failed to score the required runs in the last over. In this way, the partnership of 135 runs between these two proved to be the biggest partnership in terms of record in unsuccessful run chases in IPL.
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