Highest opening partnerships

CricketStudio › Leagues › IPL › Leaderboards › Opening stands IPL all-time leaderboard 2007/08 → 2026 1,242 matches 19 seasons Highest opening partnerships Largest 1st-wicket opening partnerships in IPL history (19 seasons, 2007/08–2026). Opening stand size is one of the strongest predictors of a team winning in T20 cricket. See across-seasons comparison →← All 35 leaderboards All-time career (2007/08 – 2025) # Player Runs Sample 1 KL Rahul & Q de KockLSG 210 ↗ 120 balls 2 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT 210 ↗ 104 balls 3 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT 205 ↗ 114 balls 4 DA Warner & JM BairstowSRH 185 ↗ 98 balls 5 CA Lynn & G GambhirKKR 184 ↗ 89 balls 6 KL Rahul & MA AgarwalPBKS 183 ↗ 99 balls 7 DP Conway & RD GaikwadCSK 182 ↗ 107 balls 8 F du Plessis & SR WatsonCSK 181 ↗ 106 balls 9 D Padikkal & V KohliRCB 181 ↗ 99 balls 10 F du Plessis & V KohliRCB 172 ↗ 107 balls 11 Abhishek Sharma & TM HeadSRH 171 74 balls 12 Abhishek Sharma & TM HeadSRH 167 58 balls 13 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT 167 77 balls 14 CH Gayle & TM DilshanRCB 167 82 balls 15 V Suryavanshi & YBK JaiswalRR 166 71 balls 16 DR Smith & SR TendulkarMI 163 108 balls 17 DA Warner & JM BairstowSRH 160 91 balls 18 M Vijay & MEK HusseyCSK 159 89 balls 19 Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT 157 77 balls 20 D Padikkal & JC ButtlerRR 155 91 balls 21 AC Gilchrist & VVS LaxmanDECCAN-CHARGERS 155 73 balls 22 DA Warner & WP SahaSRH 151 103 balls 23 DPMD Jayawardene & V SehwagDC 151 95 balls 24 F du Plessis & V KohliRCB 148 89 balls 25 RD Rickelton & RG SharmaMI 148 71 balls Per-season view # Player Runs Sample 1 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT 167 77 balls 2 Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT 157 77 balls 3 RD Rickelton & RG SharmaMI 148 71 balls 4 Rohit Sharma & Ryan RickeltonMI 148 71 balls 5 RD Rickelton & RG SharmaMI 143 65 balls 6 Rohit Sharma & Ryan RickeltonMI 142 65 balls 7 JP Inglis & MR MarshLSG 135 70 balls 8 Josh Inglis & Mitchell MarshLSG 132 70 balls 9 Abhishek Sharma & TM HeadSRH 129 52 balls 10 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT 128 76 balls 11 P Simran Singh & Priyansh AryaPBKS 126 41 balls 12 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT 125 74 balls 13 V Suryavanshi & YBK JaiswalRR 125 48 balls 14 Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT 125 76 balls 15 Abhishek Sharma & Travis HeadSRH 124 52 balls Season 2026 15 qualifying players Source: Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) CricketStudio SETU aggregation Season leaders Who topped this leaderboard in each IPL season. Full season breakdown at across-seasons → Season Leader Runs Season hub 2026 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill 167 Full 2026 → 2026 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill 167 Full 2026 → 2025 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill 205 Full 2025 → 2024 B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill 210 Full 2024 → 2023 F du Plessis & V Kohli 172 Full 2023 → 2022 KL Rahul & Q de Kock 210 Full 2022 → 2021 D Padikkal & V Kohli 181 Full 2021 → 2020/21 KL Rahul & MA Agarwal 183 Full 2020/21 → 2019 DA Warner & JM Bairstow 185 Full 2019 → 2018 AT Rayudu & SR Watson 134 Full 2018 → 2017 CA Lynn & G Gambhir 184 Full 2017 → 2016 CH Gayle & V Kohli 147 Full 2016 → 2015 AM Rahane & SR Watson 144 Full 2015 → 2014 BB McCullum & DR Smith 123 Full 2014 → 2013 CH Gayle & TM Dilshan 167 Full 2013 → 2012 DR Smith & SR Tendulkar 163 Full 2012 → 2011 M Vijay & MEK Hussey 159 Full 2011 → 2009/10 MS Bisla & RS Bopara 129 Full 2009/10 → 2009 GC Smith & NV Ojha 135 Full 2009 → 2007/08 AC Gilchrist & VVS Laxman 155 Full 2007/08 → Sources & methodology Derived from the canonical IPL historical SETU snapshot — ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0. 1,242 matches across 19 seasons (2007/08 → 2026).IPL 2026: live season data surfaced separately at /season/ipl-2026. Some aspects (fastest-fifty, fastest-hundred, most-maidens, hat-tricks) are IPL 2026 only. Provenance. Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: KL Rahul & Q de Kock leads IPL all-time opening stands (2007/08–2026) with210. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/ipl/leaderboards/opening-stands”