Top 5 opening pairs in IPL history

5. Murali Vijay and Michael Hussey

Murali Vijay and Michael Hussey

While Murali Vijay and Michael Hussey weren’t acclaimed as a great opening pair, their statistics are second to none. After all, they are the only opening pair to have scored 1000 or more runs together in the IPL.

They put on 8 half-century partnerships and 2 century partnerships in 28 innings at an average of 40.92 with their highest partnership being 159, which came in the final of the 2011 IPL season against RCB and helped CSK lift their second IPL innings. While Vijay would come up with a truly brilliant knock every once in a while, Hussey was extremely consistent as he churned out runs match after match.