Highest Opening Partnership in IPL History Since 2008

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Tezzbuzz|11-05-2024

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

Plumbing Laxman

22-Apr-22

If 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

Also read: Orange Cap Holders List in IPL History Since 2008

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