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Highest 3rd wicket partnerships

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Highest 3rd wicket partnerships, IPL 2016: KK Nair & Q de Kock — 134 Runs.

Largest 3rd wicket batting partnerships in IPL history across 18 seasons.

#	Player	Runs	Sample
1	KK Nair & Q de KockDC	134	76 balls
2	KL Rahul & V KohliRCB	121	74 balls
3	GJ Maxwell & SE MarshPBKS	89	61 balls
4	S Dhawan & Yuvraj SinghSRH	85	49 balls
5	JC Buttler & RG SharmaMI	70	41 balls
6	KL Rahul & V KohliRCB	66	45 balls
7	AJ Finch & KD KarthikGUJARAT-LIONS	65	38 balls
8	Gurkeerat Singh & HM AmlaPBKS	65	37 balls
9	MS Dhoni & SPD SmithRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT	64	35 balls
10	SR Watson & V KohliRCB	63	30 balls
11	MP Stoinis & WP SahaPBKS	58	41 balls
12	MK Pandey & YK PathanKKR	58	27 balls
13	Gurkeerat Singh & M VijayPBKS	58	43 balls
14	KD Karthik & SK RainaGUJARAT-LIONS	53	44 balls
15	KD Karthik & SK RainaGUJARAT-LIONS	51	33 balls
16	G Gambhir & MK PandeyKKR	49	28 balls
17	KD Karthik & SK RainaGUJARAT-LIONS	49	36 balls
18	GJ Bailey & R AshwinRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT	49	48 balls
19	SR Watson & V KohliRCB	46	21 balls
20	KL Rahul & V KohliRCB	45	14 balls
21	G Gambhir & SA YadavKKR	44	30 balls
22	BB McCullum & KD KarthikGUJARAT-LIONS	44	33 balls
23	AD Russell & G GambhirKKR	43	22 balls
24	AB de Villiers & KL RahulRCB	43	39 balls
25	AM Rahane & MS DhoniRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT	42	29 balls

All IPL 2016 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2016 · Across all seasons: all-time highest 3rd wicket partnerships.

Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2016), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.