Highest Opening Partnership in IPL

The current record of IPL highest opening partnership belongs to Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul. The Lucknow Super Giants duo scored 210 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2022 IPL season at Mumbai.

Highest Opening Partnership in IPL

Partners	Runs	Wicket	Team	Opposition	Venue	Match Date
Quinton de Kock & KL Rahul	210*	1st	LSG	v KKR	Mumbai	18 May 2022
Johnny Bairstow & David Warner	185	1st	Sunrisers	v RCB	Hyderabad (Deccan)	31 Mar 2019
Gautam Gambhir & Chris Lynn	184*	1st	KKR	v Guj Lions	Rajkot	7 Apr 2017
KL Rahul & Mayank Agarwal	183	1st	Kings XI	v Royals	Sharjah	27 Sep 2020
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway	182	1st	CSK	v SRH	Pune	1 May 2022
Shane Watson & Faf du Plessis	181*	1st	Super Kings	v Kings XI	Dubai (DSC)	4 Oct 2020
Virat Kohli & Devdutt Padikkal	181*	1st	RCB	v Royals	Mumbai	22 Apr 2021
Chris Gayle & TM Dilshan	167	1st	RCB	v Warriors	Bengaluru	23 Apr 2013
Sachin Tendulkar & Dwayne Smith	163*	1st	Mum Indians	v Royals	Jaipur	20 May 2012
David Warner & Johnny Bairstow	160	1st	Sunrisers	v Kings XI	Dubai (DSC)	8 Oct 2020
Michael Hussey & Murali Vijay	159	1st	Super Kings	v RCB	Chennai	28 May 2011
Adam Gilchrist & VVS Laxman	155*	1st	Chargers	v Mum Indians	Mumbai	27 Apr 2008
Jos Buttler & Devdutt Padikkal	155	1st	Royals	v Capitals	Mumbai	22 Apr 2022
David Warner & Wriddhiman Saha	151*	1st	Sunrisers	v Mum Indians	Sharjah	3 Nov 2020
Mahela Jayawardene & Virendra Sehwag	151	1st	Daredevils	v Mum Indians	Delhi	21 Apr 2013
Chris Gayle & Virat Kohli	147	1st	RCB	v Kings XI	Bengaluru	18 May 2016
David Warner and Virendra Sehwag	146	1st	Daredevils	v Kings XI	Delhi	23 Apr 2011
Ajinkya Rahane & Shane Watson	144	1st	Royals	v Super Kings	Ahmedabad	19 Apr 2015
Murali Vijay and Michael Hussey	139*	1st	Super Kings	v Kings XI	Mohali	10 Apr 2013
David Warner & Shikhar Dhawan	139	1st	Sunrisers	v KKR	Hyderabad (Deccan)	30 Apr 2017
Prithiv Shaw & Shikhar Dhawan	138	1st	Capitals	v Super Kings	Mumbai	10 Apr 2021
David Warner & Shikhar Dhawan	137*	1st	Sunrisers	v Guj Lions	Rajkot	21 Apr 2016
Adam Gilchrist & Paul Valthaty	136	1st	Kings XI	v Chargers	Hyderabad (Deccan)	16 Apr 2011

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Putting a huge total on the board is a major part of the shortest format of Cricket. A good opening partnership plays a crucial role in achieving this. Since its inception in 2008, a lot of opening pairs have held the title of 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.

Before this Johnny Bairstow and David Warner had the record of the highest opening partnership in IPL history. The Sunrisers Hyderabad opening duo scored 185 runs not out against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2019 season of the IPL.