The Greatest cricketing festival of India, Indian Premier league is all set to return to the field for its IPL 2025 Season. With a success of 17 consecutive seasons, IPL has witnessed a long history of records, Highest opening partnerships in IPL, Best highest Individual high records and much more.
IPL has witnessed blasting centuries and explosive partnerships in the tournament’s history so far. In today’s exploration, we will look into the Highest opening partnerships in IPL by any batsmen.
IPL Highest Opening Partnerships
| Rank | Partners | Runs | Wicket | Team | Against | Year |
| 1 | Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers | 229 | 2nd | RCB | Guj Lions | 2016 |
| 2 | Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers | 215* | 2nd | RCB | MI | 2015 |
| 3 | Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul | 210* | 1st | LSG | KKR | 2022 |
| 4 | Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan | 210 | 1st | GT | CSK | 2024 |
| 5 | Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Marsh | 206 | 2nd | PBKS | RCB | 2011 |
| 6 | Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli | 204* | 2nd | RCB | Daredevils | 2012 |
| 7 | David Warner, Naman Ojha | 189* | 2nd | Daredevils | Deccan | 2012 |
| 8 | Jonny Bairstow, David Warner | 185 | 1st | SRH | RCB | 2019 |
| 9 | Gautam Gambhir, Chris Lynn | 184* | 1st | KKR | Guj Lions | 2017 |
| 10 | KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal | 183 | 1st | PBKS | RR | 2020 |
These are the top 10 Highest opening partnerships in IPL, who have made breaking explosive records by hitting the opponent’s team bowling order.
Top 5 IPL Highest opening partnerships
1. Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers* 229
The first record of the highest partnership is the name of the Royal Challenger Bengaluru. Both the players have achieved this feat while batting against the Gujarat Lions in the year 2016. They secured this partnership with 229 runs for the 2nd wicket in Bengaluru. Scoring this, both the players broke their own record of highest partnership of 2015 IPL.
2. Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers* 215
Kohli and De-Villiers, begged the second spot for the Highest partnership in the IPL History. Playing against Mumbai Indians in the 2015 IPL, these players have scored a partnership of 215 forthe 2nd wicket at wankhede Stadium. AB contributed a total of 133 unbeaten where Kohli finished this with 83 unbeaten off 50 balls.
3. Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul* 210
Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul has the third spot in the record for the Highest partnership. They have the highest opening partnerships in IPL. The duo scored this while batting against KKR for the 2022 IPL. Quinton added a total of 140 to this partnership and became the third player to get his highest individual score in the Indian T20 League. Playing second fiddle, KL Rhaul added a contribution of 68. The duo achieved this feat without any wickets and played a total of 20 overs.
4. Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan* 210 runs
The score of 210 in the highest opening Partnership in the IPL has been achieved twice in the history. First, DE Kock and KL Rahul and then Shubhman and Sai Sudharsan made this record in their favor. Both the batsmen put a massive score of 210 runs and put a mammoth score of 231 on the scoreboard against the CSK. This record made the players bring the joint- highest opening partnership in the league’s history.
5. Adam Gilchrist & Shaun Marsh* 206 runs
This Australian pair, while playing for PBKS, has the record for the highest partnership with 206 runs against RCB. The duo brought this score to 96 balls for the 2nd wicket and put a mammoth score of 232/2 in the T20 Format. They maintained this record for almost four years and led the match in Punjabs’ favor, winning it with a difference of 111 runs.
