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Highest opening partnerships

Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2011: M Vijay & MEK Hussey — 159 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	M Vijay & MEK HusseyCSK	159	89 balls
2	DA Warner & V SehwagDC	146	70 balls
3	AC Gilchrist & PC ValthatyPBKS	136	84 balls
4	R Dravid & SR WatsonRR	134	79 balls
5	DB Ravi Teja & S DhawanDECCAN-CHARGERS	131	80 balls
6	BB McCullum & DPMD JayawardeneKOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA	128	83 balls
7	CH Gayle & TM DilshanRCB	123	73 balls
8	CH Gayle & MA AgarwalRCB	113	64 balls
9	BB McCullum & DPMD JayawardeneKOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA	93	52 balls
10	R Dravid & SR WatsonRR	86	61 balls
11	AC Blizzard & SR TendulkarMI	81	47 balls
12	BB McCullum & VVS LaxmanKOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA	80	54 balls
13	M Vijay & MEK HusseyCSK	77	56 balls
14	DA Warner & V SehwagDC	75	42 balls
15	R Dravid & SR WatsonRR	73	57 balls
16	R Dravid & SR WatsonRR	71	64 balls
17	S Dhawan & S SohalDECCAN-CHARGERS	71	41 balls
18	EJG Morgan & JH KallisKKR	69	62 balls
19	CH Gayle & TM DilshanRCB	68	40 balls
20	AC Gilchrist & PC ValthatyPBKS	67	26 balls
21	CH Gayle & TM DilshanRCB	67	23 balls
22	S Dhawan & S SohalDECCAN-CHARGERS	67	49 balls
23	JH Kallis & MS BislaKKR	64	53 balls
24	M Vijay & MEK HusseyCSK	64	56 balls
25	AC Gilchrist & PC ValthatyPBKS	61	35 balls

All IPL 2011 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2011 · Across all seasons: all-time highest opening partnerships.

Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2011), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.