Highest partnership for each wicket in the IPL

8th Wicket - 69 by Brad Hodge and James Faulkner (RR vs MI)

Brad Hodge

After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Mumbai Indians were off to a good start. Their openers, Michael Hussey (56) and Lendl Simmons (62) helped put on a 120-run opening stand that helped MI reach a total of 178/3 in their 20 overs.

In reply to MI, Rajasthan Royals struggled right from the start with a string of single digit scores from Unmukt Chand, Shane Watson, Sanju Samson, and Kevon Cooper. RR were 75/7 when Brad Hodge and James Faulkner decided to take it upon themselves to save their team from an embarrassing defeat. Both of them managed to put on a partnership of 69 before Hodge was dismissed on 40.

While Faulkner remained unbeaten on 31, he couldn’t help get his team over the line and RR lost the match by 25 runs. Despite this partnership making the record books, this is one of those matches that the Rajasthan Royals would want to forget.

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