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Highest opening partnerships

Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2017: CA Lynn & G Gambhir184 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.

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1CA Lynn & G GambhirKKR18489 balls
2DA Warner & S DhawanSRH13976 balls
3CH Gayle & V KohliRCB12276 balls
4DR Smith & Ishan KishanGUJARAT-LIONS11165 balls
5DA Warner & S DhawanSRH10760 balls
6CA Lynn & SP NarineKKR10537 balls
7LMP Simmons & PA PatelMI9952 balls
8BB McCullum & DR SmithGUJARAT-LIONS9453 balls
9DR Smith & Ishan KishanGUJARAT-LIONS9156 balls
10DA Warner & S DhawanSRH8162 balls
11JC Buttler & PA PatelMI8135 balls
12LMP Simmons & PA PatelMI7952 balls
13G Gambhir & SP NarineKKR7634 balls
14AM Rahane & RA TripathiRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT7657 balls
15HM Amla & MJ GuptillPBKS6847 balls
16MJ Guptill & WP SahaPBKS6833 balls
17JC Buttler & PA PatelMI6545 balls
18AM Rahane & RA TripathiRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT6547 balls
19CH Gayle & V KohliRCB6356 balls
20AM Rahane & RA TripathiRISING-PUNE-SUPERGIANT6346 balls
21HM Amla & M VohraPBKS6236 balls
22DA Warner & S DhawanSRH5549 balls
23BB McCullum & Ishan KishanGUJARAT-LIONS5536 balls
24HM Amla & M VohraPBKS5331 balls
25SV Samson & SW BillingsDC5341 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.