Highest opening partnership in ODI – Warner to Fakhar Zaman

Highest opening partnership in ODI: One of the most difficult tasks in International cricket is opening the batting. Because openers have to face the hard and new cricket ball which gets seam and swing movements. And It is very difficult to score runs with the highest opening partnership for the first wicket in any format of cricket, and especially in ODIs, there have been very few opening partnerships of batsmen who have scored the highest runs.

And in today’s article, we are going to tell you about the batsman name who have made the highest opening partnership in ODI history so far, so let’s know About “Highest opening partnership in ODI“.

Highest opening partnership in ODI

In this list, the name of the famous opener pair of West Indies, John Campbell & Shai Hope, comes first in this list, with the highest partnership of 365 runs, while Pakistan’s opener batsmen Fakhar Zaman & Imam-ul-Haq are at number two. Apart from this, the list of the rest of the Highest opening partnership in ODI is given below.

Rank	Opening Pair	Team	Runs	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	John Campbell & Shai Hope	West Indies	365	Ireland	Dublin	May 05, 2019
2	Fakhar Zaman & Imam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	304	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	July 20, 2018
3	Tamim Iqbal & Litton Das	Bangladesh	292	Zimbabwe	Sylhet	Mar 06, 2020
4	WU Tharanga & ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	286	England	Leeds	Jul 01, 2006
5	DA Warner & TM Head	Australia	284	Pakistan	Adelaide	January 26, 2017
6	Quinton de Kock & Hashim Amla	South Africa	282	Bangladesh	Kimberley	October 15, 2017
7	WU Tharanga & TM Dilshan	Sri Lanka	282	Zimbabwe	Pallekele	March 10, 2011
8	JAH Marshall BB McCullum	New Zealand	274	Ireland	Aberdeen	01 July 2008
9	TM Head & DA Warner	Australia	269	England	Melbourne	22 Nov 2022
10	DA Warner & AJ Finch	Australia	258	India	Wankhede	Jan 14, 2020

John Campbell & Shai Hope (West Indies) – 365 Runs

The first number in this list is the name of West Indies opener pair John Campbell & Shai Hope, who scored 365-runs, while playing against Ireland team on May 05, 2019, and this is the highest opening partnership record in ODI today.

Fakhar Zaman & Imam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) – 304 Runs

The pair of Fakhar Zaman & Imam-ul-Haq is also very famous in ODI cricket, and this pair is in second place in the highest opening partnership in ODI record, who shared a 304-run partnership while playing against the Zimbabwe team on July 20, 2018.

Tamim Iqbal & Litton Das (Bangladesh) – 292 Runs

Tamim Iqbal & Litton Das are the top order batsmen of the Bangladesh team, have given good starts to the Bangladesh team in many occasions and in the list of highest opening partnership in ODI, the name of these two batsmen comes on third position , who made the highest opening partnership of 292 runs while playing against the Zimbabwe team on 06 Mar 2020.

WU Tharanga & ST Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) – 286 Runs

WU Tharanga & ST Jayasuriya is also one of the famous opening pair of Sri Lanka team who have given good starts to Sri Lanka team in many ODI matches, and this pair is on the fourth spot in the list of highest opening partnership in One Day, and This pair had the highest opening partnership of 286 runs against England on Jul 01, 2006.

DA Warner & TM Head (Australia) – 284 Runs

Australia team’s famous opening pair Travis Head & David Warner are on the fifth position in this list, and both of these pairs shared a 284-run partnership while playing against Pakistan team on January 26, 2017.

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