Highest opening partnership in T20 Womens: Highest partnership in Womens T20 history

Delhi Capitals opening batters Meg Lanning (72) and Shafali Verma (84) shared a 162-run partnership (sixth-highest in Women’s T20s) to put together the first-ever 150-run stand in the Women’s Premier League. Playing their first match on the second day of the tournament, Lanning and Verma punished Royal Challengers Bangalore Women’s bowlers to play a pivotal role in putting on board 223/2 in 20 overs.

Both the right-handed scored hard-hitting individual half-centuries to leave the opposition’s bowlers clueless. Not wasting an opportunity to dominate proceedings on a batting-friendly pitch at the Brabourne Stadium, Lanning and Verma scored as many as 57 runs in the powerplay to reveal their intentions from the word go.

Facing her Australian teammate Megan Schutt in the second over, Lanning hit three boundaries to set the ball rolling in an apt manner. It was on the first ball of the fourth over that Verma attacked Preeti Bose to hit a six down the ground to express first signs of aggression.

Bowled by New Zealand all-rounder Sophie Devine, the last over of the powerplay witnessed both the batters hitting a couple of boundaries each in a 20-run over. While Verma reached to the 50-run mark off 31 balls right before the halfway mark, Lanning completed a 30-ball half-century in the following over.

In need of wickets, Royal Challengers captain Smriti Mandhana brought pacer Renuka Singh back into the attack. Having only conceded eight runs in her first two overs, even Singh leaked three boundaries against Verma in her third over.

It was in the 15th over when England captain Heather Knight dismissed her Australian counterpart in Lanning to bring an end to an 87-ball stand.

Highest opening partnership in T20 Womens

S. No.	Runs	Batters	Team	Opposition	Venue	Year

1	199*	Elysse Perry & Alyssa Healy	Sydney Sixers Women	Melbourne Stars Women	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	2019
2	173*	Caitlin Gurrey & Bernadine Bezuidenhout	Northern Districts Women	Central Districts Women	Lincoln Park	2019
3	173	Sophie Devine & Beth Mooney	Perth Scorchers Woen	Sydney Thunder Women	Aurora Stadium	2021
4	165	Sophie Devine & Beth Mooney	Perth Scorchers Woen	Melbourne Renegades Women	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	2021
5	165	Grace Harris & Georgia Redmayne	Brisbane Heat Women	Melbourne Renegades Women	Great Barrier Reef Arena	2022

Highest partnership in Womens T20 history

It is worth mentioning that the above mentioned highest opening partnerships are also the highest partnerships for any wicket in the history of Women’s T20s.

Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav

Delhi Capitals Women Meg Lanning Royal Challengers Bangalore Women Shafali Verma Women's Premier League WPL 2023

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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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