IPL 2016 · Season leaderboard
Highest opening partnerships
Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2016: CH Gayle & V Kohli — 147 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 & V KohliRCB | 147 | 66 balls |
| 2 | DA Warner & S DhawanSRH | 137 | 89 balls |
| 3 | Q de Kock & RR PantDC | 115 | 81 balls |
| 4 | CH Gayle & V KohliRCB | 114 | 63 balls |
| 5 | BB McCullum & DR SmithGUJARAT-LIONS | 112 | 64 balls |
| 6 | G Gambhir & RV UthappaKKR | 101 | 81 balls |
| 7 | M Vijay & M VohraPBKS | 97 | 74 balls |
| 8 | KL Rahul & V KohliRCB | 94 | 67 balls |
| 9 | BB McCullum & DR SmithGUJARAT-LIONS | 93 | 49 balls |
| 10 | G Gambhir & RV UthappaKKR | 92 | 75 balls |
| 11 | DA Warner & S DhawanSRH | 90 | 59 balls |
| 12 | AJ Finch & BB McCullumGUJARAT-LIONS | 85 | 51 balls |
| 13 | DA Warner & S DhawanSRH | 85 | 59 balls |
| 14 | G Gambhir & RV UthappaKKR | 82 | 51 balls |
| 15 | AM Rahane & F du PlessisRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT | 78 | 58 balls |
| 16 | M Vijay & M VohraPBKS | 78 | 50 balls |
| 17 | CH Gayle & V KohliRCB | 71 | 45 balls |
| 18 | Q de Kock & SV SamsonDC | 70 | 47 balls |
| 19 | G Gambhir & RV UthappaKKR | 69 | 58 balls |
| 20 | G Gambhir & RV UthappaKKR | 69 | 46 balls |
| 21 | DA Warner & S DhawanSRH | 68 | 48 balls |
| 22 | DA Warner & S DhawanSRH | 67 | 53 balls |
| 23 | M Vijay & MP StoinisPBKS | 65 | 40 balls |
| 24 | KL Rahul & V KohliRCB | 63 | 45 balls |
| 25 | DA Warner & S DhawanSRH | 63 | 40 balls |
All IPL 2016 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2016 · Across all seasons: all-time highest opening partnerships.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2016), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.