CH Gayle and MN Samuels put on 372 runs partnership for the second wicket in the Word Cup game between West Indies and Zimbabwe at Canberra on 24.02.15 after West Indies had lost its first wicket with the scoring. This stand is a world record stand for the second wicket after a team had lost its first wicket without a run on the board in the annals of one day games. Previous best was 165 runs between SM Gavaskar and M Azharuddin against Australia at Sharjah on 05.04.87.

 

CH Gayle and MN Samuels put on 372 runs partnership for the second wicket after West Indies had lost its first wicket with the scoring to provide the second such occasion by West Indies batsman in one day games. The other occasion was the 101 run stand between CH Gayle and WW Hinds against Pakistan at Sharjah on 15.02.02

 

The record stand of 165 runs between SM Gavaskar and M Azharuddin in this category of statistics stood for 27 years/10 months and 15 days in this category of statistics till CH Gayle and MN Samuels of West Indies rewrote it with their mammoth 372 runs partnership.  It may.not be easy to rewrite the 372 runs stand in times to come !!!. The following table lists the 31 occasions in this category of statistics.

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	In	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle/MN Samuels	2	372	1/0	1	Win	Zim	Canberra	24.02.15
2	M Azharuddin/SM Gavaskar	2	165	1/0	2	Ind	Aus	Sharjah	05.04.87
3	M Azharuddin/SM Gavaskar	2	163*	1/0	2	Ind	Eng	The Oval	24.05.86
4	ML Hayden/RT Ponting	2	148	1/0	2	Aus	Srl	Dambulla	22.02.04
5	ST Jayasuriya/HP Tillakaratne	2	144	1/0	1	Srl	Eng	Sydney	13.01.03
6	JH Kallis/GC Smith	2	142	1/0	1	RSA	Aus	P Elizabeth	23.10.11
7	MD Bell/MS Sinclair	2	141	1/0	1	NZl	Srl	Sharjah	17.04.01
8	TM Dilshan/HDRL Thirimanne	2	137	1/0	2	Srl	Aus	Adelaide	13.01.13
9	TM Dilshan/KC Sangakkara	2	137	1/0	1	Srl	NZl	Hambantota	10.11.13
10	IM Chappell/KR Stackpole	2	136	1/0	2	Aus	NZl	Dunedin	30.03.74
11	W Barresi/ES Szwarczynski	2	136	1/0	1	Net	Ken	Lincoln	23.01.14
12	V Kohli/SR Tendulkar	2	133	1/0	2	Ind	Pak	Dhaka	18.03.12
13	NJ Astle/L Vincent	2	128	1/0	1	NZl	Aus	Adelaide	26.01.02
14	NJ Astle/MS Sinclair	2	128	1/0	2	NZl	Aus	Mel’one-CS	05.12.04
15	NJ Astle/SP Fleming	2	127	1/0	2	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	26.02.00
16	WS Jayantha/ST Jayasuriya	2	125	1/0	1	Srl	RSA	Col-SSC	31.08.04
17	DC Boon/ML Hayden	2	123	1/0	2	Aus	NZl	Sharjah	16.04.94
18	ST Jayasuriya/KC Sangakkara	2	118	1/0	1	Srl	Ind	Dambulla	28.01.09
19	JH Kallis/G Kirsten	2	115	1/0	1	RSA	NZl	Brisbane	19.01.02
20	MS Atapattu/KC Sangakkara	2	114	1/0	1	Srl	NZl	Sharjah	14.04.02
21	JH Kallis/GC Smith	2	114	1/0	1	RSA	Net	Basseterre	16.03.07
22	M Jayawardene/ML Udawatte	2	114	1/0	1	Srl	UAE	Lahore	26.06.08
23	DM Jones/GR Marsh	2	108	1/0	1	Aus	Eng	Hyd-LBS	19.10.89
24	SV Manjrekar/NS Sidhu	2	108	1/0	2	Ind	Win	Sharjah	22.10.91
25	IR Bell/IJL Trott	2	108	1/0	1	Eng	Win	Southampton	16.06.12
26	MD Crowe/JG Wright	2	105	1/0	1	NZl	Win	Auckland	21.03.87
27	SP Fleming/LRPL Taylor	2	105	1/0	1	Nzl	Ken	Gros Islet	20.03.07
28	AP Gurusinha/UC Hathurusingha	2	101	1/0	1	Srl	Aus	Col-RPS	05.09.92
29	CH Gayle/WW Hinds	2	101	1/0	2	Win	Pak	Sharjah	15.02.02
30	JR Ratnayeke/SAR Silva	2	100	1/0	2	Srl	Win	Perth	02.02.85
31	H Masakadza/BRM Taylor	2	100	1/0	2	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	25.10.11

 

CH Gayle and MN Samuels put on 372 runs partnership for the second wicket after West Indies had lost its first wicket with the scoring to provide the third such occasion in World Cup games. All the three occasions are listed below.

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	In	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle/MN Samuels	2	372	1/0	1	Win	Zim	Canberra	24.02.15
2	JH Kallis/GC Smith	2	114	1/0	1	RSA	Net	Basseterre	16.03.07
3	SP Fleming/LRPL Taylor	2	105	1/0	1	Nzl	Ken	Gros Islet	20.03.07

 

CH Gayle and MN Samuels put on 372 runs partnership for the second wicket after West Indies had lost its first wicket with the scoring to provide the recor stand after a team had lost its first wicket without a run on  the board in World Cup games.

 

The previous best in World Cup in this category of statistics was the 114 run stand between JH Kallis and GC Smith against Netherlands on 16.03.07

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	In	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle/MN Samuels	2	372	1/0	1	Win	Zim	Canberra	24.02.15
2	JH Kallis/GC Smith	2	114	1/0	1	RSA	Net	Basseterre	16.03.07