Virat Kohli
Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Virat Kohli has batted in 10 recorded partnership innings across 6 IPL seasons.

IPL career partnerships

2008–2026 · ≥2 stands per partner · sorted by total runs · Cricsheet CC BY 3.0
PartnerPositionStandsPartnership RunsAvg StandBest StandBest Season
AB de VilliersNo. 4763123412292016
CH GayleNo. 3592787472042012
F du PlessisOpener412032501722023
D PadikkalNo. 3432024471812021
RM PatidarNo. 42691335992022
PD SaltOpener19792421202026
PA PatelOpener2460925922018
KL RahulOpener9574641212016
GJ MaxwellNo. 41736722522021
JH KallisNo. 41234128952009/10

Position = most common batting-order position across stands with this partner.

Partnerships by batting order

Career · stands grouped by batting position

Opener

5898runs

144 stands · avg 41

F du Plessis, CH Gayle, PD Salt

No. 3 (1 down)

7181runs

182 stands · avg 39

AB de Villiers, CH Gayle, D Padikkal

No. 4 (2 down)

3621runs

118 stands · avg 31

AB de Villiers, RM Patidar, GJ Maxwell

No. 5+ (3+ down)

3511runs

159 stands · avg 22

AB de Villiers, SS Tiwary, LRPL Taylor

Best IPL partnership innings

Top 10 individual stands by runs · career 2008–2026
SeasonPartnerRunsBallsPositionResult
2016AB de Villiers22996No. 3—
2015AB de Villiers215101No. 3Unbroken ✓
2012CH Gayle204106No. 3Unbroken ✓
2021D Padikkal18199OpenerUnbroken ✓
2023F du Plessis172107Opener—
2024WG Jacks16673No. 3Unbroken ✓
2016AB de Villiers15787No. 3—
2016AB de Villiers15595No. 3—
2023F du Plessis14889Opener—
2016CH Gayle14766Opener—