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Highest opening partnerships

Highest opening partnerships, IPL 2025: B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill — 205 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	205	114 balls
2	Abhishek Sharma & TM HeadSRH	171	74 balls
3	V Suryavanshi & YBK JaiswalRR	166	71 balls
4	P Simran Singh & Priyansh AryaPBKS	122	61 balls
5	B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT	120	73 balls
6	P Simran Singh & Priyansh AryaPBKS	120	71 balls
7	RD Rickelton & RG SharmaMI	116	71 balls
8	AK Markram & MR MarshLSG	115	63 balls
9	B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT	114	74 balls
10	AK Markram & MR MarshLSG	99	62 balls
11	JG Bethell & V KohliRCB	97	59 balls
12	PD Salt & V KohliRCB	95	51 balls
13	B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT	93	62 balls
14	PD Salt & V KohliRCB	92	52 balls
15	Abhishek Sharma & TM HeadSRH	92	41 balls
16	AK Markram & MR MarshLSG	91	59 balls
17	SV Samson & YBK JaiswalRR	89	62 balls
18	AK Markram & MR MarshLSG	87	60 balls
19	B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT	87	41 balls
20	V Suryavanshi & YBK JaiswalRR	85	52 balls
21	JM Bairstow & RG SharmaMI	84	44 balls
22	F du Plessis & J Fraser-McGurkDC	81	55 balls
23	PD Salt & V KohliRCB	80	42 balls
24	B Sai Sudharsan & Shubman GillGT	78	51 balls
25	AK Markram & MR MarshLSG	76	42 balls

All IPL 2025 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2025 · Across all seasons: all-time highest opening partnerships.

Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2025), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.