IPL: Rishabh Pant-Tristan Stubbs Create Record Partnership Run-Rate

New Delhi : The pair of Delhi Capitals (DC) skipper Rishabh Pant and batter Tristan Stubbs created a new record for the highest partnership run rate in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The duo created this record during the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Stubbs came to bat in the 18th over of DC innings. The 18th over bowled by Mohit Sharma saw the duo score: 1, 4, 1, 6, 0, and 2 which is a total of 14 runs.

In the penultimate over by spinner Sai Kishore, Stubbs first took a single, followed by a single from Pant. Then, the South African batter unleashed carnage with a four, six, four, and six. The over cost 22 runs.

In the final over, Mohit came to bowl and Pant faced him for the entirety of the over. After taking a double, Mohit delivered a wide. Following that, Pant delivered Mohit the most brutal beating of his IPL career, smashing him for 6, 4, 6, 6 and 6. Mohit ended with the figures of 0/73 in four overs, the most expensive in IPL history. 31 runs came in the final over.

Pant and Stubbs added 67 runs in 18 balls, with a partnership run-rate of 22.33. This has overtaken the partnership run rate put up by Heinrich Klaasen and Shahbaz Ahmed for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) this season. During the run-chase of 209 runs, they put up 58 runs in 16 balls, at a run-rate of 21.75 per over.