The four-time IPL winners and the defending IPL champions, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) finally opened their account in the points table in the IPL 2022 last Tuesday (12th April) night. During that night, CSK cricketers Robin Uthappa and Shivam Dube created history by recording the highest partnership for the third wicket in IPL history.
It was the 22nd match in the IPL 2022, where CSK faced Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy (Mumbai). After RCB chose to field first, CSK lost their first two wickets in seven overs as the opener Ruturaj Gaikwad (17 runs) and no.3 English batter Moeen Ali (3) lost their wickets cheaply.
But the experienced opener Robin Uthappa controlled that innings with Shivam Dube and carried a giant record-breaking third-wicket partnership to set a big match-winning total.
Robin Uthappa and Shivam Dube thrashed RCB bowlers
Uthappa and Dube set up the 165 runs partnership for that third wicket which continued till 18.5 overs of that innings. When Uthappa finally lost his wicket to Wanindu Hasaranga after scoring 88 runs off 50 balls (4 fours and 9 sixes), CSK already managed to score 201/3. Soon, Dube finished that innings with a score of 95 not out off 46 balls (5 fours and 8 sixes) as CSK scored 216/4 in 20 overs.
After the 10th over of that innings, CSK managed to score more than 10 runs in every over. Uthappa and Dube were unstoppable that night as they broke the previous record of IPL best partnership for the third wicket. The previous record in that category was 157 runs partnership between Deccan Chargers’ cricketers Cameron White and Kumar Sangakkara against Pune Warriors India at Cuttack on 1st May 2012.
Top 5 third-wicket partnerships in IPL history
Partners (Team) | Partnership Runs | Opposition | Venue | Date |
Robin Uthappa & Shivam Dube (Chennai Super Kings) | 165 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | DY Patil | 12th April 2022 |
Cameron White & Kumar Sangakkara (Deccan Chargers) | 157 | Pune Warriors India | Cuttack | 1st May 2012 |
Ben Stokes & Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals) | 152* | Mumbai Indians | Abu Dhabi | 25th October 2020 |
Murali Vijay & Albie Morkel (Chennai Super Kings) | 152 | Rajasthan Royals | Chennai | 3rd April 2010 |
Azhar Mahmood & Shaun Marsh (Kings XI Punjab) | 148 | Mumbai Indians | Dharamsala | 18th May 2013 |
Also, it was the second-highest partnership for CSK in any T20 match.
Highest partnerships for CSK
Partners | Partnership Runs | Partnership Wicket | Opposition | Venue | Date |
Shane Watson & Faf du Plessis | 181* | 1st | Kings XI Punjab | Dubai (DSC) | 4th October 2020 |
Robin Uthappa & Shivam Dube | 165 | 3rd | Royal Challengers Bangalore | DY Patil | 12th April 2022 |
Michael Hussey & Murali Vijay | 159 | 1st | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Chennai | 28th May 2011 |
Murali Vijay & Albie Morkel | 152 | 3rd | Rajasthan Royals | Chennai | 3rd April 2010 |
Suresh Raina & Subramaniam Badrinath | 142* | 3rd | Mumbai Indians | Brabourne | 25th March 2010 |
Here, we are also talking about the highest partnership in IPL history by each wicket.
Highest partnership in IPL history (by each wicket)
Partnership Wicket | Partnership Runs | Partners (Team) | Opposition | Venue | Date |
1st | 185 | Jonny Bairstow & David Warner (SunRisers Hyderabad) | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 31st March 2019 |
2nd | 229 | Virat Kohli & AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | Gujarat Lions | Bengaluru | 14th May 2016 |
3rd | 165 | Robin Uthappa & Shivam Dube (Chennai Super Kings) | Royal Challengers Bangalore | DY Patil | 12th April 2022 |
4th | 144 | Shimron Hetmyer & Gurkeerat Singh (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | SunRisers Hyderabad | Bengaluru | 4th May 2019 |
5th | 134* | Shakib Al Hasan & Yusuf Pathan (Kolkata Knight Riders) | Gujarat Lions | Kolkata | 8th May 2016 |
6th | 122* | Ambati Rayudu & Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians) | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bengaluru | 14th May 2012 |
7th | 100 | Jagadeesha Suchith & Harbhajan Singh (Mumbai Indians) | Kings XI Punjab | Wankhede | 12th April 2015 |
8th | 69 | Brad Hodge and James Faulkner (Rajasthan Royals) | Mumbai Indians | Ahmedabad | 19th May 2014 |
9th | 43 | Sam Curran & Imran Tahir (Chennai Super Kings) | Mumbai Indians | Sharjah | 23rd October 2020 |
10th | 31* | Tom Curran & Ankit Rajpoot (Rajasthan Royals) | Kolkata Knight Riders | Dubai (DSC) | 30th September 2020 |
Meanwhile, in the T20 cricket history, Robin Uthappa and Shivam Dube’s latest 165 runs partnership was also the joint ninth-highest partnership for the third wicket.
Top 10 highest partnerships for the third wicket in T20 history
Partners (Team) | Partnership Runs | Opposition | Venue | Date |
Shreyas Iyer & Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai) | 213 | Sikkim | Indore | 21st February 2019 |
Alex Hales & AB de Villiers (Rangpur Riders) | 184* | Dhaka Dynamites | Chattogram | 28th January 2019 |
Devon Conway & Glenn Phillips (New Zealand) | 184 | West Indies | Mount Maunganui | 29th November 2020 |
Dawid Malan & Eoin Morgan (England) | 182 | New Zealand | Napier | 8th November 2019 |
Ian Bell & Adam Hose (Birmingham Bears) | 171 | Northamptonshire | Birmingham | 20th July 2018 |
Kushal Bhurtel and Dipendra Singh Airee (Nepal) | 171 | Philippines | Al Amerat | 19th February 2022 |
Mehidy Hasan Miraz & Mushfiqur Rahim (Khulna Tigers) | 168* | Cumilla Warriors | Mirpur | 10th January 2020 |
Kedar Jadhav & Naushad Shaikh (Maharashtra) | 166* | Chhattisgarh | Vadodara | 12th January 2021 |
Temba Bavuma & Rassie van der Dussen (Lions) | 165 | Warriors | Johannesburg | 5th May 2019 |
Robin Uthappa & Shivam Dube (Chennai Super Kings) | 165 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | DY Patil | 12th April 2022 |
CSK won by 23 runs
Coming back to that IPL game between CSK and RCB, the Bengaluru franchise failed to chase the mammoth total as they were restricted to 193/9 in 20 overs. CSK earned their first two points in this IPL 2022 after winning this game by 23 runs.
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