The Indian Premier League is synonymous with explosive batting and short-lived batting innings. However, at times, players establish long partnerships on the pitch that frustrate their opponents and propel their teams to a massive score. Since we are discussing long-batting partnerships in the IPL, let’s dig into the list of the top 10 partnerships formed by pairs in IPL history.
Highest Batting Partnerships in IPL
PlayersRunsOppositionYearVirat Kohli and AB de Villiers (RCB)229GJ Lions
(Now Defunct)
2016Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers (RCB)215*MI2015Quinton de Kock – KL Rahul (LSG)210*KKR2022Shubman Gill- Sai Sudarshan (GT)210CSK2024Adam Gilchrist- Shaun Marsh(PBKS)206RCB2011Chris Gayle -Virat Kohli (RCB)204*DC2012David Warner-Naman Ojha (Deccan Chargers)189*Deccan
Chargers
(Now Defunct)2012Jonny Bairstow-David Warner (SRH)185RCB2019Gautam Gambhir- Chris Lynn (KKR)184*GJ Lions
(Now Defunct)2017KL Rahul -Mayank Agarwal (PBKS)183RR2020Ruturaj Gaikwad-Devin Conway (CSK)183SRH2022
Highest Partnerships According to Batting Order in IPL
On one side, the partnership of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers of 229 runs for the 2nd wicket is the highest IPL partnership ever, whereas Shikhar Dhawan and Mohit Sharma’s pair for the 10th wicket is still the highest 10th wicket partnership in IPL history.
Speaking of the batting contribution according to the batting order, let’s scroll down to find out the IPL partnership list by their batting position.
WicketPlayers RunsOppositionYear1stQuinton de Kock – KL Rahul (LSG)
210*
KKR2022
1stShubman Gill- Sai Sudarshan (GT)210CSK20242ndVirat Kohli and AB de Villiers (RCB)
229GL(De- Funct)2016
3rdRobin Uthappa and Shivam Dube (CSK)
165
RCB20224thShimron Hetmyer and Gurkeerat Singh (RCB)
144
SRH20195thShakib Al Hasan and Yusuf Pathan (KKR)
134*
GL (De-Funct)2016
6thAmbati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard (MI)
122*
RCB20127thJagadeesha Suchith and Harbhajan Singh (MI)
100
PBKS2015
8thBrad Hodge and James Faulkner (RR)
69
MI2014
9thSam Curran and Imran Tahir (CSK)
43MI2020
10thShikhar Dhawan and Mohit Rathee (PBKS)
55*
SRH2023
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