Highest Opening Partnership in IPL: Providing the highest opening batting partnership plays a major role in the shortest format of cricket. While playing a short format game like the Indian Premier League it is very much essential to have a massive opening partnership.
Considering the fact that the ball helps the bowlers the most during the start of an innings, there is no denying that opening the innings is not an easy task.
But over the years, the game of cricket has witnessed some openers who have enthralled the world with their sheer brilliance at the top of the order.
Cricket players from all around the world join together to play the cash-rich Indian Premier League. International players join hands with Indian domestic cricketers and play as a team in IPL which paves the way for many players to make debuts in international format for their respective national team.
Highest Opening Partnership in IPL History
Since its inception in 2008, a lot of opening pairs have held the title of the highest opening partnership in IPL. The record has been constantly broken and a new benchmark of opening partnerships in T20 has been set each time.
The current record of IPL’s highest opening partnership belongs to KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock. In Lucknow Super Giants’ maiden IPL season, the opening batters made an unbelievable partnership of 210 runs.
Notably, de Kock scored his second IPL century and remains unbeaten for 140 runs. On the other hand, LSG captain KL Rahul scored 68 runs which led LSG to create a record in their maiden season.
Highest Opening Partnership in IPL – Top 20
Following are the details of the top 20 “Highest Opening Partnerships in IPL” with players, runs, teams, and venue details:
| Match Date | Players | Runs | Team | Opposition | Venue |
|
18-May-22
|
Quinton de Kock |
210*
|
LSG
|
KKR
|
Mumbai
|
| KL Rahul | |||||
|
10-May-24
|
Sai Sudharsan |
210
|
GT
|
CSK
|
Ahmedabad
|
| Shubman Gill | |||||
|
31-Mar-19
|
Johnny Bairstow |
185
|
SRH
|
RCB
|
Hyderabad
|
| David Warner | |||||
|
07-Apr-17
|
Gautam Gambhir |
184*
|
KKR
|
GL
|
Rajkot
|
| Chris Lynn | |||||
|
27-Sep-20
|
KL Rahul |
183
|
KXIP
|
RR
|
Sharjah
|
| Mayank Agarwal | |||||
|
01-May-22
|
Ruturaj Gaikwad |
182
|
CSK
|
SRH
|
Pune
|
| Devon Conway | |||||
|
04-Oct-20
|
Shane Watson |
181*
|
CSK
|
KXIP
|
Dubai
|
| Faf du Plessis | |||||
|
22-Apr-21
|
Virat Kohli |
181*
|
RCB
|
RR
|
Mumbai
|
| Devdutt Padikkal | |||||
|
18-May-23
|
Virat Kohli |
172
|
RCB
|
SRH
|
Hyderabad
|
| Faf du Plessis | |||||
|
08-May-24
|
Travis Head |
167*
|
SRH
|
LSG
|
Hyderabad
|
| Abhishek Sharma | |||||
|
23-Apr-13
|
Chris Gayle |
167
|
RCB
|
PW
|
Bengaluru
|
| TM Dilshan | |||||
|
20-May-12
|
Sachin Tendulkar |
163*
|
MI
|
RR
|
Jaipur
|
| Dwayne Smith | |||||
|
08-Oct-20
|
David Warner |
160
|
SRH
|
KXIP
|
Dubai
|
| Johnny Bairstow | |||||
|
28-May-11
|
Michael Hussey |
159
|
CSK
|
RCB
|
Chennai
|
| Murali Vijay | |||||
|
27-Apr-08
|
Adam Gilchrist |
155*
|
DC
|
MI
|
Mumbai
|
| VVS Laxman | |||||
|
22-Apr-22
|
Jos Buttler |
155
|
RR
|
DC
|
Mumbai
|
| Devdutt Padikkal | |||||
|
03-Nov-20
|
David Warner |
151*
|
SRH
|
MI
|
Sharjah
|
| Wriddhiman Saha | |||||
|
21-Apr-13
|
Mahela Jayawardene |
151
|
DD
|
MI
|
Delhi
|
| Virender Sehwag | |||||
|
2-April-23
|
Virat Kohli |
148
|
RCB
|
MI
|
Bengaluru
|
| Faf du Plessis | |||||
|
18-May-16
|
Chris Gayle |
147
|
RCB
|
KXIP
|
Bengaluru
|
| Virat Kohli |
Players involved in Most 150+ Partnership in IPL
[Openers]3 – David Warner
2 – Jonny Bairstow
2 – Devdutt Padikkal *#RRvsDC #IPL2022 | @timesofsports— Times of Sports (@timesofsports) April 22, 2022
Also read: Orange Cap Holders List in IPL History Since 2008
