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Highest opening partnerships
Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2021: D Padikkal & V Kohli — 181 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 | D Padikkal & V KohliRCB | 181 | 99 balls |
| 2 | PP Shaw & S DhawanDC | 138 | 81 balls |
| 3 | PP Shaw & S DhawanDC | 132 | 83 balls |
| 4 | F du Plessis & RD GaikwadCSK | 129 | 78 balls |
| 5 | KL Rahul & MA AgarwalPBKS | 122 | 76 balls |
| 6 | KL Rahul & MA AgarwalPBKS | 120 | 71 balls |
| 7 | F du Plessis & RD GaikwadCSK | 115 | 74 balls |
| 8 | D Padikkal & V KohliRCB | 111 | 80 balls |
| 9 | Shubman Gill & VR IyerKKR | 96 | 74 balls |
| 10 | KL Rahul & MA AgarwalPBKS | 91 | 65 balls |
| 11 | Shubman Gill & VR IyerKKR | 91 | 64 balls |
| 12 | PP Shaw & S DhawanDC | 88 | 61 balls |
| 13 | Shubman Gill & VR IyerKKR | 82 | 55 balls |
| 14 | PP Shaw & S DhawanDC | 81 | 62 balls |
| 15 | Ishan Kishan & RG SharmaMI | 80 | 33 balls |
| 16 | Shubman Gill & VR IyerKKR | 79 | 65 balls |
| 17 | Q de Kock & RG SharmaMI | 78 | 56 balls |
| 18 | E Lewis & YBK JaiswalRR | 77 | 32 balls |
| 19 | E Lewis & YBK JaiswalRR | 77 | 50 balls |
| 20 | F du Plessis & RD GaikwadCSK | 75 | 61 balls |
| 21 | F du Plessis & RD GaikwadCSK | 74 | 55 balls |
| 22 | F du Plessis & RD GaikwadCSK | 74 | 50 balls |
| 23 | DA Warner & JM BairstowSRH | 73 | 61 balls |
| 24 | N Rana & Shubman GillKKR | 72 | 53 balls |
| 25 | Q de Kock & RG SharmaMI | 71 | 46 balls |
All IPL 2021 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2021 · Across all seasons: all-time highest opening partnerships.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2021), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.