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Highest opening partnerships
Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2023: F du Plessis & V Kohli — 172 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 | F du Plessis & V KohliRCB | 172 | 107 balls |
| 2 | F du Plessis & V KohliRCB | 148 | 89 balls |
| 3 | Shubman Gill & WP SahaGT | 142 | 73 balls |
| 4 | DP Conway & RD GaikwadCSK | 141 | 87 balls |
| 5 | MA Agarwal & Vivrant SharmaSRH | 140 | 83 balls |
| 6 | F du Plessis & V KohliRCB | 137 | 97 balls |
| 7 | DP Conway & RD GaikwadCSK | 110 | 55 balls |
| 8 | JC Buttler & YBK JaiswalRR | 98 | 51 balls |
| 9 | F du Plessis & V KohliRCB | 96 | 69 balls |
| 10 | DA Warner & PP ShawDC | 94 | 62 balls |
| 11 | P Simran Singh & S DhawanPBKS | 90 | 58 balls |
| 12 | Ishan Kishan & RG SharmaMI | 90 | 58 balls |
| 13 | KR Mayers & Q de KockLSG | 88 | 50 balls |
| 14 | JC Buttler & YBK JaiswalRR | 87 | 69 balls |
| 15 | DP Conway & RD GaikwadCSK | 87 | 66 balls |
| 16 | DP Conway & RD GaikwadCSK | 87 | 63 balls |
| 17 | JC Buttler & YBK JaiswalRR | 86 | 50 balls |
| 18 | DP Conway & RD GaikwadCSK | 86 | 58 balls |
| 19 | JC Buttler & YBK JaiswalRR | 85 | 35 balls |
| 20 | JJ Roy & N JagadeesanKKR | 83 | 56 balls |
| 21 | KL Rahul & KR MayersLSG | 82 | 64 balls |
| 22 | F du Plessis & V KohliRCB | 82 | 63 balls |
| 23 | KL Rahul & KR MayersLSG | 79 | 33 balls |
| 24 | DP Conway & RD GaikwadCSK | 74 | 39 balls |
| 25 | DP Conway & RD GaikwadCSK | 73 | 45 balls |
All IPL 2023 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2023 · Across all seasons: all-time highest opening partnerships.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2023), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.