9th wicket partnership record in ODI: Highest 9th wicket partnership in ODI history

9th wicket partnership record in ODI: The Zimbabwean pacers guided the team to a respectable innings total today.

During the first ODI of the ongoing India’s tour of Zimbabwe in Harare, Zimbabwe fast bowlers Brad Evans (33*) and Richard Ngarava (34) put together a 70-run ninth-wicket partnership to prevent an embarrassing innings total.

Reduced to 110/8 in the 29th over after being asked to bat first by India captain KL Rahul, Evans and Ngarava’s 65-ball stay in the middle guided Zimbabwe to 189 in 40.3 overs.

Having scored at more than six runs per over, Evans and Ngarava managed to keep the Indian bowlers at bay. Not shying away from playing their shots, Zimbabwe’s No. 9 and 10 have a built a cushion for themselves to defend in the second innings.

While Evans hit three fours and a six at a strike rate of 113.79, Ngarava also hit the same number of boundaries but at a comparatively lower strike rate of 80.95.

A record 9⃣th wicket partnership frustrated the #MenInBlue, but it was a comprehensive bowling performance nonetheless with Chahar, Axar and Prasidh registering 3️⃣-fers 💪🏼

Target stands at 1⃣9⃣0⃣ 🎯#ZIMvIND pic.twitter.com/y9FVd6qoFa

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) August 18, 2022

It was on the second delivery of the 40th over when India fast bowler Prasidh Krishna produced a yorker to castle Ngarava’s stumps and prevent the Zimbabwean pair from crossing the 200-run mark. Readers must note that Ngarava was also part of a 68-run 10th wicket partnership alongside Victor Nyauchi in the third ODI against Bangladesh at the same venue last week.

9th wicket partnership record in ODI

It is worth mentioning that Evans and Ngarava’s stand is the joint 25th highest ninth-wicket ODI partnership. Furthermore, it is the fourth-highest ninth-wicket ODI partnership among Zimbabwean players.

Apart from their two tail-enders, only other positive coming out of this Zimbabwean innings was captain Regis Chakabva scoring 35 (51) with the help of four fours.

For India, all-rounder Axar Patel was the pick of their bowlers with figures of 7.3-2-24-3. Other than Patel, pacers Deepak Chahar and Krishna also picked three wickets each at the Harare Sports Club today.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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