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Highest opening partnerships
Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2024: B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill — 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 | B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT | 210 | 104 balls |
| 2 | Abhishek Sharma & TM HeadSRH | 167 | 58 balls |
| 3 | PD Salt & SP NarineKKR | 138 | 62 balls |
| 4 | KL Rahul & Q de KockLSG | 134 | 90 balls |
| 5 | Abhishek Sharma & TM HeadSRH | 131 | 38 balls |
| 6 | F du Plessis & V KohliRCB | 125 | 84 balls |
| 7 | Abishek Porel & J Fraser-McGurkDC | 114 | 45 balls |
| 8 | Abhishek Sharma & TM HeadSRH | 108 | 49 balls |
| 9 | JM Bairstow & S DhawanPBKS | 102 | 70 balls |
| 10 | Ishan Kishan & RG SharmaMI | 101 | 53 balls |
| 11 | Atharva Taide & P Simran SinghPBKS | 97 | 55 balls |
| 12 | DA Warner & PP ShawDC | 93 | 57 balls |
| 13 | JM Bairstow & P Simran SinghPBKS | 93 | 36 balls |
| 14 | F du Plessis & V KohliRCB | 92 | 35 balls |
| 15 | D Brevis & RG SharmaMI | 88 | 52 balls |
| 16 | PD Salt & SP NarineKKR | 86 | 39 balls |
| 17 | Ishan Kishan & RG SharmaMI | 80 | 42 balls |
| 18 | F du Plessis & V KohliRCB | 80 | 38 balls |
| 19 | PD Salt & SP NarineKKR | 79 | 37 balls |
| 20 | F du Plessis & V KohliRCB | 78 | 58 balls |
| 21 | JC Buttler & YBK JaiswalRR | 74 | 48 balls |
| 22 | Ishan Kishan & RG SharmaMI | 70 | 43 balls |
| 23 | Ishan Kishan & RG SharmaMI | 65 | 41 balls |
| 24 | B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT | 64 | 50 balls |
| 25 | AM Rahane & RD GaikwadCSK | 64 | 50 balls |
All IPL 2024 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2024 · Across all seasons: all-time highest opening partnerships.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2024), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.