Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh have broken the record of Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee and Kushal Malla’s record for the highest fifth-wicket partnership in T20I.
Rohit and Rinku surpassed Dipendra-Kushal’s record of 145 runs and added 190* runs. India were in a difficult position of 22/4 against Afghanistan in the third T20I at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. But Rohit and Rinku added an unbeaten 190 runs for the fifth wicket as India posted 212 runs on the board after 20 overs.
Rohit Sharma completed his fifth T20I ton and scored 121* runs from 69 balls. Rinku Singh also smacked 39-ball 69*.
Earlier today, Nepal’s aggressive duo Dipendra Singh Airee and Kushal Malla held the record having added 145 runs for the fifth wicket against Hong Kong in the T20I tri-series 2023. Nepal were 55/4 after the eighth over but the Malla-Airee duo helped Nepal post a 200+ score on the board. Malla hammered 41-ball 92 with nine sixes. Airee also supported well with a 34-ball 57.
145 by Airee and Malla is the fourth-highest partnership for any wickets for Nepal in T20I. 193 runs added by Rohit Paudel and Kushal Malla for the third wicket against Mongolia is the highest by Nepali batters for any wicket. It is also the eighth-highest all-time partnership and the highest for the third wicket.
