IPL 2009 · Season leaderboard
Highest opening partnerships
Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2009: GC Smith & NV Ojha — 135 Runs.
Largest 1st-wicket opening partnerships in IPL history (18 seasons, 2007/08–2025). Opening stand size is one of the strongest predictors of a team winning in T20 cricket.
| # | Player | Runs | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GC Smith & NV OjhaRR | 135 | 89 balls |
| 2 | SR Tendulkar & ST JayasuriyaMI | 127 | 74 balls |
| 3 | ML Hayden & PA PatelCSK | 106 | 61 balls |
| 4 | K Goel & Yuvraj SinghPBKS | 70 | 59 balls |
| 5 | JH Kallis & SP GoswamiRCB | 69 | 67 balls |
| 6 | AC Gilchrist & HH GibbsDECCAN-CHARGERS | 68 | 56 balls |
| 7 | AC Gilchrist & HH GibbsDECCAN-CHARGERS | 68 | 41 balls |
| 8 | K Goel & RS BoparaPBKS | 67 | 36 balls |
| 9 | AC Gilchrist & HH GibbsDECCAN-CHARGERS | 67 | 34 balls |
| 10 | AC Gilchrist & HH GibbsDECCAN-CHARGERS | 63 | 41 balls |
| 11 | M Vijay & ML HaydenCSK | 61 | 41 balls |
| 12 | ML Hayden & PA PatelCSK | 61 | 42 balls |
| 13 | DA Warner & G GambhirDC | 60 | 42 balls |
| 14 | GJ Bailey & PA PatelCSK | 59 | 37 balls |
| 15 | G Gambhir & V SehwagDC | 58 | 29 balls |
| 16 | BB McCullum & MN van WykKKR | 58 | 42 balls |
| 17 | JD Ryder & JH KallisRCB | 58 | 50 balls |
| 18 | BB McCullum & CH GayleKKR | 57 | 33 balls |
| 19 | ML Hayden & PA PatelCSK | 57 | 32 balls |
| 20 | DA Warner & G GambhirDC | 53 | 40 balls |
| 21 | K Goel & RS BoparaPBKS | 52 | 40 balls |
| 22 | AC Gilchrist & HH GibbsDECCAN-CHARGERS | 46 | 23 balls |
| 23 | GC Smith & RJ QuineyRR | 43 | 39 balls |
| 24 | DA Warner & G GambhirDC | 42 | 50 balls |
| 25 | S Sohal & SM KatichPBKS | 41 | 27 balls |
All IPL 2009 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2009 · Across all seasons: all-time highest opening partnerships.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2009), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.