IPL 2012 · Season leaderboard
Highest opening partnerships
Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2012: DR Smith & SR Tendulkar — 163 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 | DR Smith & SR TendulkarMI | 163 | 108 balls |
| 2 | DPMD Jayawardene & V SehwagDC | 135 | 79 balls |
| 3 | F du Plessis & S BadrinathCSK | 116 | 93 balls |
| 4 | BB McCullum & G GambhirKKR | 113 | 75 balls |
| 5 | AM Rahane & R DravidRR | 99 | 83 balls |
| 6 | BB McCullum & G GambhirKKR | 99 | 69 balls |
| 7 | M Vijay & MEK HusseyCSK | 97 | 62 balls |
| 8 | BB McCullum & G GambhirKKR | 95 | 63 balls |
| 9 | KC Sangakkara & S DhawanDECCAN-CHARGERS | 94 | 64 balls |
| 10 | CH Gayle & TM DilshanRCB | 91 | 64 balls |
| 11 | M Vijay & MEK HusseyCSK | 87 | 62 balls |
| 12 | DJ Harris & S DhawanDECCAN-CHARGERS | 86 | 71 balls |
| 13 | DA Warner & UBT ChandDC | 82 | 54 balls |
| 14 | CH Gayle & TM DilshanRCB | 80 | 51 balls |
| 15 | AM Rahane & R DravidRR | 77 | 57 balls |
| 16 | M Vijay & MEK HusseyCSK | 75 | 61 balls |
| 17 | AM Rahane & R DravidRR | 71 | 52 balls |
| 18 | RE Levi & SR TendulkarMI | 69 | 47 balls |
| 19 | Mandeep Singh & SE MarshPBKS | 68 | 49 balls |
| 20 | BB McCullum & G GambhirKKR | 68 | 42 balls |
| 21 | M Vijay & MEK HusseyCSK | 68 | 49 balls |
| 22 | JD Ryder & RV UthappaPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA | 63 | 42 balls |
| 23 | PA Reddy & S DhawanDECCAN-CHARGERS | 63 | 51 balls |
| 24 | AM Rahane & R DravidRR | 62 | 62 balls |
| 25 | AM Rahane & R DravidRR | 62 | 35 balls |
All IPL 2012 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2012 · Across all seasons: all-time highest opening partnerships.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2012), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.