Highest opening partnerships

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Highest opening partnerships in IPL history across 19 seasons (2007/08–2026), covering 1,242 matches. Opening stand size is one of the strongest predictors of a team winning in T20 cricket.

All-Time Career Leaderboard (2007/08 – 2025)

# Player Runs Sample 1 KL Rahul & Q de Kock
LSG 210 ↗ 120 balls 2 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill
GT 210 ↗ 104 balls 3 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill
GT 205 ↗ 114 balls 4 DA Warner & JM Bairstow
SRH 185 ↗ 98 balls 5 CA Lynn & G Gambhir
KKR 184 ↗ 89 balls 6 KL Rahul & MA Agarwal
PBKS 183 ↗ 99 balls 7 DP Conway & RD Gaikwad
CSK 182 ↗ 107 balls 8 F du Plessis & SR Watson
CSK 181 ↗ 106 balls 9 D Padikkal & V Kohli
RCB 181 ↗ 99 balls 10 F du Plessis & V Kohli
RCB 172 ↗ 107 balls 11 Abhishek Sharma & TM Head
SRH 171 74 balls 12 Abhishek Sharma & TM Head
SRH 167 58 balls 13 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill
GT 167 77 balls 14 CH Gayle & TM Dilshan
RCB 167 82 balls 15 V Suryavanshi & YBK Jaiswal
RR 166 71 balls 16 DR Smith & SR Tendulkar
MI 163 108 balls 17 DA Warner & JM Bairstow
SRH 160 91 balls 18 M Vijay & MEK Hussey
CSK 159 89 balls 19 Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill
GT 157 77 balls 20 D Padikkal & JC Buttler
RR 155 91 balls 21 AC Gilchrist & VVS Laxman
DECCAN-CHARGERS 155 73 balls 22 DA Warner & WP Saha
SRH 151 103 balls 23 DPMD Jayawardene & V Sehwag
DC 151 95 balls 24 F du Plessis & V Kohli
RCB 148 89 balls 25 RD Rickelton & RG Sharma
MI 148 71 balls

Per-Season Leaderboard (2026)

# Player Runs Sample 1 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill
GT 167 77 balls 2 Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill
GT 157 77 balls 3 RD Rickelton & RG Sharma
MI 148 71 balls 4 Rohit Sharma & Ryan Rickelton
MI 148 71 balls 5 RD Rickelton & RG Sharma
MI 143 65 balls 6 Rohit Sharma & Ryan Rickelton
MI 142 65 balls 7 JP Inglis & MR Marsh
LSG 135 70 balls 8 Josh Inglis & Mitchell Marsh
LSG 132 70 balls 9 Abhishek Sharma & TM Head
SRH 129 52 balls 10 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill
GT 128 76 balls 11 P Simran Singh & Priyansh Arya
PBKS 126 41 balls 12 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill
GT 125 74 balls 13 V Suryavanshi & YBK Jaiswal
RR 125 48 balls 14 Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill
GT 125 76 balls