IPL 2015 · Season leaderboard
Highest opening partnerships
Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2015: AM Rahane & SR Watson — 144 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 | AM Rahane & SR WatsonRR | 144 | 97 balls |
| 2 | DA Warner & S DhawanSRH | 130 | 86 balls |
| 3 | CH Gayle & V KohliRCB | 119 | 68 balls |
| 4 | LMP Simmons & PA PatelMI | 111 | 74 balls |
| 5 | BB McCullum & DR SmithCSK | 109 | 44 balls |
| 6 | MA Agarwal & SS IyerDC | 106 | 75 balls |
| 7 | LMP Simmons & PA PatelMI | 106 | 80 balls |
| 8 | CH Gayle & V KohliRCB | 99 | 63 balls |
| 9 | AM Rahane & SR WatsonRR | 95 | 69 balls |
| 10 | LMP Simmons & PA PatelMI | 90 | 64 balls |
| 11 | DA Warner & S DhawanSRH | 86 | 49 balls |
| 12 | LMP Simmons & PA PatelMI | 84 | 61 balls |
| 13 | DA Warner & S DhawanSRH | 82 | 47 balls |
| 14 | G Gambhir & RV UthappaKKR | 81 | 64 balls |
| 15 | AM Rahane & SR WatsonRR | 80 | 42 balls |
| 16 | BB McCullum & DR SmithCSK | 75 | 49 balls |
| 17 | AM Rahane & SV SamsonRR | 64 | 62 balls |
| 18 | MK Tiwary & SS IyerDC | 63 | 59 balls |
| 19 | M Vijay & V SehwagPBKS | 60 | 40 balls |
| 20 | G Gambhir & RV UthappaKKR | 57 | 38 balls |
| 21 | DA Warner & S DhawanSRH | 56 | 37 balls |
| 22 | Q de Kock & SS IyerDC | 55 | 38 balls |
| 23 | AM Rahane & SR WatsonRR | 52 | 41 balls |
| 24 | DA Warner & S DhawanSRH | 50 | 37 balls |
| 25 | BB McCullum & DR SmithCSK | 50 | 28 balls |
All IPL 2015 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2015 · Across all seasons: all-time highest opening partnerships.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2015), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.