Highest ODI Opening Partnership in Cricket World Cup 2011
Highest ODI opening partnership in cricket world Cup 2011. Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan put on the best opening partnership in World Cup history as the two scored 282 runs, the highest opening partnership in cricket world Cup 2011. The highest ODI opening partnership in cricket world Cup was made Sanath Jayasuriya & Upul Tharanga in 2006 when they couple scored 287 against England.
Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan put on the best opening partnership in World Cup history as the two scored 282 runs, the 2nd highest opening partnership in cricket world Cup 2011. The highest ODI opening partnership in cricket world Cup was made Sanath Jayasuriya & Upul Tharanga in 2006 when they couple scored 287 against England.
Dilshan hammered 144 off 131 balls while Tharanga scored 133 in when Srilanka made a total of 327 for six in a Group A match. Zimbabwe's response ended on 188, falling 139 runs short.
The partnership record created at the opening wicket by Srilanks Dilshan and Tharanga are Against Zimbawe. But look the Indians(Ganguly and Dravid) Created Record Against Srilanka(A Big Team). This is really better than Record creates by Srilankans against a poor team.