In the history of the T20 World Cup, audiences have watched several matches where a batsman makes crucial runs or supports his partner to save the match and thus built some crucial 7th partnerships for his team. Pakistan cricket team has won the title of T20 World Cup in 2009, so let's check out the 7th wicket partnership in T20 World Cup for Pakistan made by Pakistani batters.
- Misbah-ul-Haq and Yasir Arafat (38 Runs in 2007)
The pair of Misbah-ul-Haq and Yasir Arafat is at the top position for hitting the highest 7th wicket partnership in T20 World Cup for Pakistan. While playing against India in the 10th match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2007, both the batters saved the match for Pakistan as the match was tied. Misbah-ul-Haq contributed crucial 53 runs and Yasir Arafat supported him very well, thus a partnership of 38 runs between both of them ended the match with no result.
- Shahid Afridi and Sohail Tanvir (32 Runs in 2014)
The pair of Shahid Afridi and Sohail Tanvir is at the number 2 position for hitting the highest 7th wicket partnership in T20 World Cup for Pakistan. They have done this feat in the 32nd match of the T20 World Cup 2014 against West Indies while chasing a target of 167 runs but could not achieve the target and lost the match by 84 runs. No batsmen of Pakistan could cross the landmark of 20 runs in that match and the entire squad was bowled out at 82 runs only.
- Kamran Akmal and Misbah-ul-Haq (30 Runs in 2007)
The pair of Kamran Akmal and Misbah-ul-Haq stands at the number 3 position for hitting the record 7th wicket partnership in T20 World Cup for Pakistan. While playing against Scotland in the 3rd match of T20 World Cup 2007, Pakistan put a total of 171 runs on the scoreboard in which Akmal contributed 16 and Misbah-ul-Haq added 23 runs for the 7th wicket, thus scoring 30 runs in pair for the 7th wicket.
- Misbah-ul-Haq and Yasir Arafat (27 Runs in 2007)
The pair of Misbah-ul-Haq and Yasir Arafat added a record partnership of 27 runs for the 7th wicket in T20 World Cup for Pakistan. While chasing a target of 158 runs against India in the final competition of T20 World Cup 2007, Misbah-ul-Haq was the only batsman who could win against Pakistan and his partner Yasir also supported him but could not stay longer. Misbah-ul-Haq contributed 43 runs and fought till the end of the match but did not achieve the target and thus Pakistan lost the T20 World Cup 2007 final by 5 runs.
- Imran Nazir and Kamran Akmal (22* Runs in 2007)
The pair of Imran Nazir and Kamran Akmal is sitting at the number 5th position for hitting the highest 7th wicket partnership for Pakistan in the history of the T20 World Cup. In the 23rd match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2007, Pakistan was chasing a target of 141 runs against Bangladesh at Capetown where Nazir remained not out and contributed 43 runs and kamran Akmal at number 8 position supported him and thus created a unbeaten partnership of 22 runs and won the match by 4 wickets.
List of the 7th wicket partnership in T20 World Cup for Pakistan
Partners
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Runs
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Against
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Venue
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Date
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Misbah-ul-Haq, Yasir Arafat
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38
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India
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Durban
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14 Sep 2007
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Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir
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32
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West Indies
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Dhaka
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1 Apr 2014
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Kamran Akmal, Misbah-ul-Haq
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30
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Scotland
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Durban
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12 Sep 2007
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Misbah-ul-Haq, Yasir Arafat
Final
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27
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India
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Johannesburg
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24 Sep 2007
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Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal
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22*
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Bangladesh
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Cape Town
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20 Sep 2007
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Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal
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22
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Sri Lanka
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Colombo (RPS)
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4 Oct 2012
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Abdur Rehman, Salman Butt
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21
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New Zealand
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Bridgetown
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8 May 2010
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Kamran Akmal, Misbah-ul-Haq
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19*
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Sri Lanka
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Johannesburg
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17 Sep 2007
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Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik
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17
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Australia
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Mohali
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25 Mar 2016
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Bilawal Bhatti, Sohaib Maqsood
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16
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India
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Dhaka
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21 Mar 2014
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