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Highest opening partnerships

Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2011: M Vijay & MEK Hussey159 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.

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1M Vijay & MEK HusseyCSK15989 balls
2DA Warner & V SehwagDC14670 balls
3AC Gilchrist & PC ValthatyPBKS13684 balls
4R Dravid & SR WatsonRR13479 balls
5DB Ravi Teja & S DhawanDECCAN-CHARGERS13180 balls
6BB McCullum & DPMD JayawardeneKOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA12883 balls
7CH Gayle & TM DilshanRCB12373 balls
8CH Gayle & MA AgarwalRCB11364 balls
9BB McCullum & DPMD JayawardeneKOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA9352 balls
10R Dravid & SR WatsonRR8661 balls
11AC Blizzard & SR TendulkarMI8147 balls
12BB McCullum & VVS LaxmanKOCHI-TUSKERS-KERALA8054 balls
13M Vijay & MEK HusseyCSK7756 balls
14DA Warner & V SehwagDC7542 balls
15R Dravid & SR WatsonRR7357 balls
16R Dravid & SR WatsonRR7164 balls
17S Dhawan & S SohalDECCAN-CHARGERS7141 balls
18EJG Morgan & JH KallisKKR6962 balls
19CH Gayle & TM DilshanRCB6840 balls
20AC Gilchrist & PC ValthatyPBKS6726 balls
21CH Gayle & TM DilshanRCB6723 balls
22S Dhawan & S SohalDECCAN-CHARGERS6749 balls
23JH Kallis & MS BislaKKR6453 balls
24M Vijay & MEK HusseyCSK6456 balls
25AC Gilchrist & PC ValthatyPBKS6135 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.