IPL 2013 · Season leaderboard
Highest opening partnerships
Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2013: CH Gayle & TM Dilshan — 167 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 | CH Gayle & TM DilshanRCB | 167 | 82 balls |
| 2 | DPMD Jayawardene & V SehwagDC | 151 | 95 balls |
| 3 | M Vijay & MEK HusseyCSK | 139 | 104 balls |
| 4 | AM Rahane & R DravidRR | 108 | 82 balls |
| 5 | MEK Hussey & WP SahaCSK | 103 | 61 balls |
| 6 | CA Pujara & CH GayleRCB | 102 | 68 balls |
| 7 | AM Rahane & R DravidRR | 98 | 71 balls |
| 8 | AJ Finch & RV UthappaPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA | 97 | 65 balls |
| 9 | AJ Finch & RV UthappaPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA | 96 | 75 balls |
| 10 | DR Smith & SR TendulkarMI | 93 | 78 balls |
| 11 | PA Patel & S DhawanSRH | 89 | 69 balls |
| 12 | AJ Finch & RV UthappaPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA | 83 | 63 balls |
| 13 | M Vijay & MEK HusseyCSK | 83 | 69 balls |
| 14 | AJ Finch & RV UthappaPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA | 76 | 62 balls |
| 15 | AM Rahane & SR WatsonRR | 71 | 44 balls |
| 16 | AP Tare & DR SmithMI | 70 | 55 balls |
| 17 | CH Gayle & V KohliRCB | 67 | 32 balls |
| 18 | M Vijay & MEK HusseyCSK | 65 | 45 balls |
| 19 | AM Rahane & SR WatsonRR | 62 | 44 balls |
| 20 | M Vijay & MEK HusseyCSK | 61 | 44 balls |
| 21 | AC Gilchrist & SE MarshPBKS | 60 | 45 balls |
| 22 | G Gambhir & MS BislaKKR | 59 | 46 balls |
| 23 | AJ Finch & RV UthappaPUNE-WARRIORS-INDIA | 58 | 29 balls |
| 24 | CL White & PA PatelSRH | 57 | 54 balls |
| 25 | RT Ponting & SR TendulkarMI | 54 | 43 balls |
All IPL 2013 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2013 · Across all seasons: all-time highest opening partnerships.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2013), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.