| 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 |
| Virat Kohli & Faf du Plessis | 172 | 1st | RCB | v Warriors | Bengaluru | 23 Apr 2013 |
| Chris Gayle & TM Dilshan | 167 | 1st | RCB | v SunRisers | Hyderabad | 18 May 2023 |
| Sachin Tendulkar & Dwayne Smith | 163* | 1st | Mum Indians | v Royals | Jaipur | 20 May 2012 |
Opening partnerships plays a substantial role in setting the platform for a batting-unit to build a really big score on it.
And, over the course of the last 15 seasons of the Indian Premier League (IPL), we have witnessed several decorated opening pair break and set new records with their bat.
In IPL 2022, LSG's opening pair of Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul scripted history as they became the first set of openers to amass a 200+ run stand. De Kock, who smashed an unbeaten 140 off 70 deliveries, added unbeaten 210 runs against the Kolkata Knight Riders with KL.
In the process, the duo broke the record of highest opening stand in the league's history. The record was previously held by former SunRisers Hyderabad opening pair of David Warner and Jonny Bairstow.
Warner and Bairstow hammered 185 runs for the first wicket against the Royal Challengers Bangalore on SRH's home turf during the 2019 season.
Prior to Warner and Bairstow, the record for the highest opening stand was held by KKR's Chris Lynn and Gautam Gambhir.
Lynn and Gambhir accumulated 184 unbeaten runs against the Gujarat Lions during the 2017 edition.
Between 2020-22, as many as four separate opening pairs came close to overhauling the records set by Warner-Bairstow & Lynn-Gambhir, but eventually fell short.
In 2020, KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal hammered 183 runs while opening for PBKS against the Rajasthan Royals, but they still ended on a losing note thanks to a once-in-a-lifetime finish from Rahul Tewatia.
During the same season, CSK's Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis added 181 unbeaten runs to script a thumping 10-wicket win over Punjab; a feat, Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal repeated against the Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2021.
A year later, yet another CSK pair added a 180+ stand (182) for the 1st wicket; this time by Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway against SRH in Pune. This remains the 5th highest opening stand in IPL history till.
