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Highest opening partnerships

Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2017: CA Lynn & G Gambhir — 184 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	CA Lynn & G GambhirKKR	184	89 balls
2	DA Warner & S DhawanSRH	139	76 balls
3	CH Gayle & V KohliRCB	122	76 balls
4	DR Smith & Ishan KishanGUJARAT-LIONS	111	65 balls
5	DA Warner & S DhawanSRH	107	60 balls
6	CA Lynn & SP NarineKKR	105	37 balls
7	LMP Simmons & PA PatelMI	99	52 balls
8	BB McCullum & DR SmithGUJARAT-LIONS	94	53 balls
9	DR Smith & Ishan KishanGUJARAT-LIONS	91	56 balls
10	DA Warner & S DhawanSRH	81	62 balls
11	JC Buttler & PA PatelMI	81	35 balls
12	LMP Simmons & PA PatelMI	79	52 balls
13	G Gambhir & SP NarineKKR	76	34 balls
14	AM Rahane & RA TripathiRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT	76	57 balls
15	HM Amla & MJ GuptillPBKS	68	47 balls
16	MJ Guptill & WP SahaPBKS	68	33 balls
17	JC Buttler & PA PatelMI	65	45 balls
18	AM Rahane & RA TripathiRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT	65	47 balls
19	CH Gayle & V KohliRCB	63	56 balls
20	AM Rahane & RA TripathiRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT	63	46 balls
21	HM Amla & M VohraPBKS	62	36 balls
22	DA Warner & S DhawanSRH	55	49 balls
23	BB McCullum & Ishan KishanGUJARAT-LIONS	55	36 balls
24	HM Amla & M VohraPBKS	53	31 balls
25	SV Samson & SW BillingsDC	53	41 balls

All IPL 2017 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2017 · Across all seasons: all-time highest opening partnerships.

Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2017), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.