Highest Partnership in IPL
The highest partnerships in the shortest format of cricket are rarely seen. The IPL, however, is the stage where cricket fans can witness everything, including rare feats in the game. For example, we’ve seen the longest partnership in Test cricket between Sri Lankan players Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, who added 624 runs for the 3rd wicket against South Africa in 2006 at Colombo. However, in T20 cricket, such partnerships are very rare.
Highest Partnership in IPL History
The highest partnership in the IPL was formed in 2016 between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers for RCB against Gujarat Lions in Bengaluru. They added 229 runs for the 2nd wicket, and this record has remained unbroken for 9 years. Interestingly, these players also held the second-highest partnership in IPL 2015 against their closest rivals, the Mumbai Indians, at Wankhede, Mumbai. Shubman Gill and B Sai Sudharsan recently set a new record for the highest partnership in IPL 2024. This record by Gill and Sudarshan is also the highest opening partnership in IPL.
| Rank | Players (Team) | Runs | Wickets | Opponent | Venue | Date |
| 1 | Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers (RCB) | 229 | 2nd | Gujrat Lions | Bengaluru | 14-05-2016 |
| 2 | Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers (RCB) | 215* | 2nd | MI | Mumbai
(Wankhede) |
10-05-2015 |
| 3 | KL Rahul, Q de Kock (LSG) | 210* | 1st | KKR | DY Patil | 18-05-2022 |
| 4 | Shubman Gill, B Sai Sudharsan (GT) | 210 | 1st | CSK | Ahmedabad | 10-05-2024 |
| 5 | Shaun Marsh, Adam Gilchrist (KXIP) | 206 | 2nd | RCB | Dharamsala | 17-05-2011 |
| 6 | Shubman Gill, B Sai Sudharsan (GT) | 205 | 1st | DC | Delhi | 18-05-2025 |
| 7 | Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle (RCB) | 204* | 2nd | Delhi Daredevils | Delhi | 17-05-2012 |
| 8 | David Warner, Naman Ojha (Delhi Daredevils) | 189* | 2nd | Deccan Chargers | Hyderabad | 10-05-2012 |
| 9 | David Warner, Jonny Bairstow (SRH) | 185 | 1st | RCB | Hyderabad | 31-03-2019 |
| 10 | Chris Lynn, Gautam Gambhir (KKR) | 184* | 1st | Gujarat Lions | Rajkot | 07-04-2017 |
| 11 | KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal (Kings XI) | 183 | 1st | RR | Sharjah | 27-09-2020 |
| 12 | Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway (CSK) | 182 | 1st | SRH | Pune | 01-05-2022 |
| 13 | Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis (CSK) | 181* | 1st | KXIP | Dubai | 04-10-2020 |
| 14 | Devdatta Padikkal, Virat Kohli (RCB) | 181* | 1st | RR | Wankhede | 22-04-2021 |
| 15 | Kane Williamson, Shikar Dhawan (SRH) | 176* | 2nd | Delhi Daredevils | Delhi | 10-05-2018 |
| 16 | Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (RCB) | 172 | 1st | SRH | Hyderabad | 18-05-2023 |
| 17 | Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma (SRH) | 171 | 1st | PBKS | Hyderabad | 12-05-2025 |
| 18 | Rohit Sharma, Herschelle Gibbs (MI) | 167* | 2nd | KKR | Kolkata | 12-05-2012 |
| 19 | Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma (SRH) | 167* | 1st | LSG | Hyderabad | 08-05-2024 |
| 20 | Chris Gayle, TM Dilshan (RCB) | 167 | 1st | Pune Warriors India | Bengaluru | 23-04-2013 |
FAQs
Q: What is the highest partnership in IPL history?
The highest partnership in IPL history is 229 runs between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers (RCB) against Gujarat Lions on 14 May 2016 in Bengaluru.
Q: Who holds the second-highest partnership in IPL?
The second-highest partnership in IPL history is 215* runs, between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers (RCB) against Mumbai Indians on 10 May 2015.
Q: Which partnership is the highest in IPL 2025?
The highest partnership in IPL 2025 is 205 runs between Shubman Gill and B Sai Sudharsan (GT) against Delhi Capitals on 18 May 2025 in Delhi.
Q: Which IPL partnership is the highest opening partnership?
Shubman Gill and B Sai Sudharsan set the record for the highest opening partnership in IPL history with 210 runs against Chennai Super Kings in 2024.
Q: What was the highest partnership in IPL 2015?
In 2015, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers set the second-highest partnership of 215* runs for RCB against Mumbai Indians on 10 May 2015.
Q: Which IPL partnership lasted the longest unbroken record?
The 229-run partnership between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers in 2016 remains the longest unbroken partnership record in IPL history for 9 years
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