IPL 2014 · Season leaderboard
Highest opening partnerships
Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2014: BB McCullum & DR Smith — 123 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 | BB McCullum & DR SmithCSK | 123 | 76 balls |
| 2 | G Gambhir & RV UthappaKKR | 121 | 85 balls |
| 3 | LMP Simmons & MEK HusseyMI | 120 | 87 balls |
| 4 | DA Warner & S DhawanSRH | 116 | 68 balls |
| 5 | M Vohra & V SehwagPBKS | 110 | 64 balls |
| 6 | G Gambhir & RV UthappaKKR | 106 | 71 balls |
| 7 | DA Warner & S DhawanSRH | 100 | 75 balls |
| 8 | M Vijay & Q de KockDC | 99 | 68 balls |
| 9 | LMP Simmons & MEK HusseyMI | 87 | 48 balls |
| 10 | BB McCullum & DR SmithCSK | 85 | 65 balls |
| 11 | BB McCullum & DR SmithCSK | 82 | 68 balls |
| 12 | LMP Simmons & MEK HusseyMI | 76 | 58 balls |
| 13 | G Gambhir & RV UthappaKKR | 68 | 42 balls |
| 14 | LMP Simmons & MEK HusseyMI | 68 | 42 balls |
| 15 | PA Patel & YV TakawaleRCB | 67 | 46 balls |
| 16 | M Vohra & V SehwagPBKS | 67 | 38 balls |
| 17 | AJ Finch & S DhawanSRH | 65 | 49 balls |
| 18 | G Gambhir & RV UthappaKKR | 64 | 42 balls |
| 19 | Mandeep Singh & V SehwagPBKS | 60 | 35 balls |
| 20 | Ankit Sharma & SR WatsonRR | 60 | 47 balls |
| 21 | DR Smith & F du PlessisCSK | 60 | 38 balls |
| 22 | BB McCullum & DR SmithCSK | 57 | 38 balls |
| 23 | DR Smith & F du PlessisCSK | 57 | 26 balls |
| 24 | AJ Finch & S DhawanSRH | 56 | 38 balls |
| 25 | AM Rahane & KK NairRR | 54 | 43 balls |
All IPL 2014 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2014 · Across all seasons: all-time highest opening partnerships.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2014), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.