IPL 2019 · Season leaderboard
Highest opening partnerships
Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2019: DA Warner & JM Bairstow — 185 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 | DA Warner & JM BairstowSRH | 185 | 98 balls |
| 2 | DA Warner & JM BairstowSRH | 131 | 74 balls |
| 3 | DA Warner & JM BairstowSRH | 118 | 77 balls |
| 4 | CH Gayle & KL RahulPBKS | 116 | 77 balls |
| 5 | DA Warner & JM BairstowSRH | 110 | 58 balls |
| 6 | CH Gayle & KL RahulPBKS | 108 | 63 balls |
| 7 | Q de Kock & RG SharmaMI | 96 | 65 balls |
| 8 | CA Lynn & Shubman GillKKR | 96 | 57 balls |
| 9 | CA Lynn & SP NarineKKR | 91 | 51 balls |
| 10 | F du Plessis & SR WatsonCSK | 81 | 62 balls |
| 11 | F du Plessis & SR WatsonCSK | 79 | 59 balls |
| 12 | AM Rahane & JC ButtlerRR | 78 | 49 balls |
| 13 | AM Rahane & LS LivingstoneRR | 78 | 55 balls |
| 14 | DA Warner & WP SahaSRH | 78 | 38 balls |
| 15 | DA Warner & JM BairstowSRH | 72 | 59 balls |
| 16 | PP Shaw & S DhawanDC | 72 | 45 balls |
| 17 | Q de Kock & RG SharmaMI | 70 | 43 balls |
| 18 | CH Gayle & KL RahulPBKS | 66 | 38 balls |
| 19 | DA Warner & JM BairstowSRH | 66 | 34 balls |
| 20 | PP Shaw & S DhawanDC | 66 | 45 balls |
| 21 | DA Warner & JM BairstowSRH | 64 | 41 balls |
| 22 | PA Patel & V KohliRCB | 64 | 47 balls |
| 23 | PA Patel & V KohliRCB | 63 | 35 balls |
| 24 | CA Lynn & Shubman GillKKR | 62 | 36 balls |
| 25 | AM Rahane & JC ButtlerRR | 60 | 46 balls |
All IPL 2019 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2019 · Across all seasons: all-time highest opening partnerships.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2019), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.