Top 5 MS Dhoni-Yuvraj Singh Partnerships

2. 148 vs Australia, Delhi, 2009

MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh in-between their epic partnership

After bundling out the Aussies for 229, India lost Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir early. But Sachin Tendulkar set the platform and chipped in with a subdued 47 ball 32. After Sachin Tendulkar got out the scorecard read 53-3. Again Yuvraj and Dhoni came to India’s rescue. Both played percentage cricket to perfection and scored well- paced half- centuries to guide India to a six- wicket win over depleted Australia in third ODI give the hosts a 2- 1 advantage in seven- match series. They put on 148 from 178 balls. Yuvraj Singh scored a valiant 96 ball 78 and Dhoni batted well for his 95 ball 71. When Yuvraj got out, India needed 29 runs off 36 balls. Yuvraj and Dhoni added 148 runs for the fourth wicket. This is a new 4th wicket partnership record at Kotla. The previous best was in the name of Sourav Ganguly and Mohammad Kaif who added 111 runs for the same wicket vs England in 2002.