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Highest opening partnerships
Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2022: KL Rahul & Q de Kock — 210 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 | KL Rahul & Q de KockLSG | 210 | 120 balls |
| 2 | DP Conway & RD GaikwadCSK | 182 | 107 balls |
| 3 | D Padikkal & JC ButtlerRR | 155 | 91 balls |
| 4 | F du Plessis & V KohliRCB | 115 | 87 balls |
| 5 | DP Conway & RD GaikwadCSK | 110 | 66 balls |
| 6 | Shubman Gill & WP SahaGT | 106 | 73 balls |
| 7 | KL Rahul & Q de KockLSG | 99 | 62 balls |
| 8 | MA Agarwal & S DhawanPBKS | 97 | 57 balls |
| 9 | D Padikkal & JC ButtlerRR | 97 | 58 balls |
| 10 | Ishan Kishan & RG SharmaMI | 95 | 64 balls |
| 11 | DA Warner & PP ShawDC | 93 | 52 balls |
| 12 | Abhishek Sharma & KS WilliamsonSRH | 89 | 73 balls |
| 13 | DA Warner & PP ShawDC | 83 | 39 balls |
| 14 | Ishan Kishan & RG SharmaMI | 74 | 45 balls |
| 15 | KL Rahul & Q de KockLSG | 73 | 58 balls |
| 16 | MA Agarwal & S DhawanPBKS | 71 | 43 balls |
| 17 | Shubman Gill & WP SahaGT | 69 | 46 balls |
| 18 | Ishan Kishan & RG SharmaMI | 67 | 50 balls |
| 19 | DA Warner & PP ShawDC | 67 | 45 balls |
| 20 | Abhishek Sharma & KS WilliamsonSRH | 64 | 53 balls |
| 21 | Abhishek Sharma & KS WilliamsonSRH | 64 | 44 balls |
| 22 | F du Plessis & V KohliRCB | 62 | 44 balls |
| 23 | JC Buttler & YBK JaiswalRR | 61 | 31 balls |
| 24 | AM Rahane & VR IyerKKR | 60 | 34 balls |
| 25 | JM Bairstow & S DhawanPBKS | 60 | 30 balls |
All IPL 2022 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2022 · Across all seasons: all-time highest opening partnerships.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2022), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.