IPL 2018 · Season leaderboard
Highest opening partnerships
Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2018: AT Rayudu & SR Watson — 134 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 | AT Rayudu & SR WatsonCSK | 134 | 81 balls |
| 2 | CH Gayle & KL RahulPBKS | 116 | 58 balls |
| 3 | E Lewis & SA YadavMI | 102 | 54 balls |
| 4 | F du Plessis & SR WatsonCSK | 102 | 65 balls |
| 5 | CH Gayle & KL RahulPBKS | 96 | 48 balls |
| 6 | PA Patel & V KohliRCB | 92 | 49 balls |
| 7 | E Lewis & SA YadavMI | 91 | 56 balls |
| 8 | E Lewis & SA YadavMI | 87 | 64 balls |
| 9 | DJM Short & JC ButtlerRR | 82 | 40 balls |
| 10 | S Dhawan & SP GoswamiSRH | 79 | 52 balls |
| 11 | AD Hales & S DhawanSRH | 76 | 54 balls |
| 12 | AT Rayudu & SR WatsonCSK | 75 | 35 balls |
| 13 | E Lewis & SA YadavMI | 69 | 59 balls |
| 14 | BB McCullum & Q de KockRCB | 67 | 49 balls |
| 15 | JC Buttler & RA TripathiRR | 63 | 29 balls |
| 16 | S Dhawan & WP SahaSRH | 62 | 41 balls |
| 17 | C Munro & PP ShawDC | 59 | 42 balls |
| 18 | CA Lynn & SP NarineKKR | 59 | 43 balls |
| 19 | KL Rahul & MA AgarwalPBKS | 58 | 20 balls |
| 20 | CH Gayle & KL RahulPBKS | 57 | 34 balls |
| 21 | S Dhawan & WP SahaSRH | 56 | 43 balls |
| 22 | CH Gayle & KL RahulPBKS | 55 | 47 balls |
| 23 | AM Rahane & DJM ShortRR | 54 | 41 balls |
| 24 | CH Gayle & KL RahulPBKS | 54 | 40 balls |
| 25 | CH Gayle & KL RahulPBKS | 53 | 47 balls |
All IPL 2018 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2018 · Across all seasons: all-time highest opening partnerships.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2018), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.