Highest partnership for each wicket by Indian batsmen in World Cup history

**9 - 126* by Kapil Dev and Syed Kirmani against Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells, 1983**

This is a game that will go down in history as the one in which Kapil Dev played one of the greatest innings ever seen in World Cup history. Along with the lower order, he took India out of a dire situation.

Having chosen to bat first, India had somehow managed to lose 5 wickets for 17 runs against Zimbabwe, and although Kapil Dev started an astonishing counterattack, they kept losing wickets. Eventually, it was wicket-keeper Syed Kirmani who gave the skipper the support he sorely needed.

The pair came together at 140 for 8 and batted till the end to put together an unbeaten 126 run ninth wicket partnership. Kirmani only got 24 runs but he hung around for 56 balls to ensure that Kapil could have a go at the bowlers. Kapil Dev ended with 175 not out (136 balls, 16 fours, 6 sixes) to completely overwhelm the Zimbabwe bowlers and stage one of the most incredible recoveries in the World Cup.

India won the game by 31 runs in the end.