During the third day of the Deodhar Trophy 2023, East Zone recorded a stunning win against North Zone after a record-breaking sixth-wicket partnership between the middle-order batters Riyan Parag and Kumar Kushagra. Their 235-run partnership for the sixth wicket created a new record partnership for the sixth wickets in Indian List A history.
It was a tough start for East Zone after winning the toss. In the 16th over, East Zone were struggling on 57/5. But Riyan Parag and Kumar Kushagra dramatically turned the game in their favour with a giant 235-run partnership for the sixth wicket.
While Parag scored 131 runs off 102 balls with the help of five fours and 11 sixes, the wicketkeeper-batter Kushagra was out after scoring 98 runs in 87 balls (eight fours and four sixes). Their batting helped East Zone to manage the big first innings total of 337/8 in 50 overs.
In reply, North Zone were all out for 249 runs in 45.3 overs, where Riyan Parag shined once again with a four-wicket haul (4/57). Also, Shahbaz Ahmed bagged three wickets (3/41).
Among the North Zone batters, Mandeep Singh scored 50 runs while there were three more 40s from Abhishek Sharma (44), Himanshu Rana (40) and Shubham Rohilla (41) but no such big scores to challenge their opponents.
Here are some crucial points of Riyan Parag and Kumar Kushagra’s 235-run partnership for the sixth wicket.
It is the record sixth-wicket partnership in Indian List A cricket history. The previous record was a 193-run partnership between the Himachal Pradesh cricketers Akash Vasisht and Mayank Dagar against Gujarat at Delhi on 23 November 2022.
It is also the new record partnership in Indian List A cricket history from any of the fifth to tenth wicket partnerships. The previous record was a 223-run ODI fifth-wicket partnership between Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja for team India against Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS) on 17 August 1997.
It is also the first 200+ partnership from any of the sixth to lower wickets in Indian List A history.
Highest partnerships for every wicket in Indian List A cricket history
Partner | Partnership wicket | Partnership runs | Opposition | Venue | Date | Format |
Sai Sudharsan & Narayan Jagadeesan (Tamil Nadu) | 1 | 416 | Arunachal Pradesh | Bengaluru | 21 November 2022 | List A |
Sachin Tendulkar & Rahul Dravid (India) | 2 | 331 | New Zealand | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 8 November 1999 | ODI |
Sanju Samson & Sachin Baby (Kerala) | 3 | 338 | Goa | Alur (2) | 12 October 2019 | List A |
Mohammad Azharuddin & Ajay Jadeja (India) | 4 | 275* | Zimbabwe | Cuttack | 9 April 1998 | ODI |
Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja (India) | 5 | 223 | Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 17 August 1997 | ODI |
Riyan Parag & Kumar Kushagra (East Zone) | 6 | 235 | North Zone | Puducherry | 28 July 2023 | List A |
Vishnu Vinod & Sijomon Joseph (Kerala) | 7 | 174* | Maharashtra | Rajkot | 11 December 2021 | List A |
Mohammad Kaif & Mohammad Saif (Uttar Pradesh) | 8 | 163* | Rajasthan | Jaipur | 6 November 1998 | List A |
Kapil Dev & Syed Kirmani (India) | 9 | 126* | Zimbabwe | Tunbridge Wells | 18 June 1983 | ODI |
Ashish Reddy & Ravi Kiran (Hyderabad) | 10 | 128 | Kerala | Secunderabad | 10 November 2014 | List A |
(Updated till 28 July 2023)
Meanwhile, Riyan Parag & Kumar Kushagra 235-run partnership was the third-highest List A partnership for the sixth wicket.
Highest sixth wicket partnerships in List A cricket
Partner | Partnership runs | Opposition | Venue | Date | Format |
Aiden Markram & Farhaan Behardien (Titans) | 272 | Cape Cobras | Cape Town | 1 March 2019 | List A |
Grant Elliott & Luke Ronchi (New Zealand) | 267* | Sri Lanka | Dunedin | 23 January 2015 | ODI |
Riyan Parag & Kumar Kushagra (East Zone) | 235 | North Zone | Puducherry | 28 July 2023 | List A |
David Wiese & Ben Brown (Sussex) | 232 | Hampshire | Southampton | 2 May 2019 | List A |
Khushdil Shah & Adnan Akmal (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | 229 | Punjab | Rawalpindi | 5 April 2019 | List A |
(Updated till 28 July 2023)
