Highest Partnership In IPL: Virat Kohli & AB De Villiers Duo Is At Top

Highest Partnership In IPL History

Players	Runs	Wicket	Team	Against	Venue	Date
V Kohli 🤝 AB de Villiers	229	2nd	RCB	v Gujarat Lions	Bengaluru	14 May 2016
V Kohli 🤝 AB de Villiers	215*	2nd	RCB	v MI Indians	Wankhede	10 May 2015
Q de Kock 🤝 KL Rahul	210*	1st	LSG	v Kolkata Knight Riders	DY Patil	18 May 2022
A Gilchrist 🤝 S Marsh	206	2nd	PBKS	v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Dharamsala	17 May 2011
C Gayle 🤝 V Kohli	204*	2nd	RCB	v Delhi DD	Delhi	17 May 2012
D Warner 🤝 NV Ojha	189*	2nd	DD	v Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	10 May 2012
J Bairstow 🤝 D Warner	185	1st	SRH	v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Hyderabad	31 Mar 2019
G Gambhir 🤝 CA Lynn	184*	1st	KKR	v Gujarat Lions	Rajkot	7 Apr 2017
KL Rahul 🤝 M Agarwal	183	1st	PBKS	v Rajasthan RR	Sharjah	27 Sep 2020
R Gaikwad 🤝 DP Conway	182	1st	CSK	v SRH Hyderabad	Pune	1 May 2022
S Watson 🤝 F du Plessis	181*	1st	CSK	v PBKS Punjab	Dubai (DSC)	4 Oct 2020
V Kohli 🤝 D Padikkal	181*	1st	RCB	v Rajasthan RR	Wankhede	22 Apr 2021
S Dhawan 🤝 K Williamson	176*	2nd	SRH	v Delhi DD	Delhi	10 May 2018
H Gibbs 🤝 R Sharma	167*	2nd	MI	v Kolkata Knight Riders	Eden Gardens	12 May 2012
C Gayle 🤝 T Dilshan	167	1st	RCB	v Pune PW	Bengaluru	23 Apr 2013
R Uthappa 🤝 S Dube	165	3rd	CSK	v Royal Challengers Bangalore	DY Patil	12 Apr 2022
S Tendulkar 🤝 DR Smith	163*	1st	MI	v Rajasthan RR	Jaipur	20 May 2012
D Warner 🤝 J Bairstow	160	1st	SRH	v PBKS Punjab	Dubai (DSC)	8 Oct 2020
M Hussey 🤝 M Vijay	159	1st	CSK	v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Chennai	28 May 2011
G Gambhir 🤝 R Uthappa	158	2nd	KKR	v Rising Pune Supergiant	Pune	26 Apr 2017
CL White 🤝 K Sangakkara	157	3rd	Chargers	v Pune PW	Cuttack	1 May 2012
V Kohli 🤝 AB de Villiers	157	2nd	RCB	v SRH Hyderabad	Bengaluru	12 Apr 2016
A Gilchrist 🤝 VVS Laxman	155*	1st	Chargers	v MI Indians	DY Patil	27 Apr 2008
V Kohli 🤝 AB de Villiers	155	2nd	RCB	v Rising Pune Supergiants	Pune	22 Apr 2016
J Buttler 🤝 D Padikkal	155	1st	RR	v Delhi DC	Wankhede	22 Apr 2022
Shreyas Iyer 🤝 JP Duminy	154	2nd	DD	v MI Indians	Delhi	23 Apr 2015
JH Kallis 🤝 G Gambhir	152*	2nd	KKR	v Rajasthan RR	Jaipur	15 Apr 2011
B Stokes 🤝 S Samson	152*	3rd	RR	v MI Indians	Abu Dhabi	25 Oct 2020
M Vijay 🤝 JA Morkel	152	3rd	CSK	v Rajasthan RR	Chennai	3 Apr 2010
D Warner 🤝 WP Saha	151*	1st	SRH	v MI Indians	Sharjah	3 Nov 2020
M Jayawardene 🤝 V Sehwag	151	1st	DD	v MI Indians	Delhi	21 Apr 2013
J Buttler 🤝 S Samson	150	2nd	RR	v SRH Hyderabad	Delhi	2 May 2021
Azhar Mahmood 🤝 S Marsh	148	3rd	PBKS	v MI Indians	Dharamsala	18 May 2013
C Gayle 🤝 V Kohli	147	1st	RCB	v PBKS Punjab	Bengaluru	18 May 2016
D Warner 🤝 V Sehwag	146	1st	DD	v PBKS Punjab	Delhi	23 Apr 2011
M Pandey 🤝 R Uthappa	145*	3rd	PW	v Delhi DD	Pune	24 Apr 2012
A Rahane 🤝 S Watson	144	1st	RR	v Chennai CSK	Ahmedabad	19 Apr 2015
S Hetmyer 🤝 Gurkeerat Singh	144	4th	RCB	v SRH Hyderabad	Bengaluru	4 May 2019
D Warner 🤝 M Marsh	144	2nd	DC	v Rajasthan RR	DY Patil	11 May 2022
S Samson 🤝 R Pant	143	2nd	DD	v Gujarat Lions	Delhi	4 May 2017
S Raina 🤝 S Badrinath	142*	3rd	CSK	v MI Indians	Brabourne	25 Mar 2010
M Hussey 🤝 S Raina	140*	2nd	CSK	v MI Indians	Delhi	21 May 2013
M Pandey 🤝 V Shankar	140*	3rd	SRH	v Rajasthan RR	Dubai (DSC)	22 Oct 2020
M Vijay 🤝 M Hussey	139*	1st	CSK	v PBKS Punjab	Mohali	10 Apr 2013
D Warner 🤝 S Dhawan	139	1st	SRH	v Kolkata Knight Riders	Hyderabad	30 Apr 2017
P Shaw 🤝 S Dhawan	138	1st	DC	v Chennai CSK	Wankhede	10 Apr 2021
M Vijay 🤝 S Raina	137*	2nd	CSK	v Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai	13 Apr 2010
D Warner 🤝 S Dhawan	137*	1st	SRH	v Gujarat Lions	Rajkot	21 Apr 2016
M Hussey 🤝 S Raina	137	2nd	CSK	v Rajasthan RR	Chennai	4 May 2011
P Patel 🤝 A Rayudu	137	2nd	MI	v PBKS Punjab	Mohali	25 Apr 2016

Highest Partnership In IPL: Indian Premier League (IPL) is the most watched T20 cricket league in the world. We have witnessed many records being made and broken by the players in IPL and one of these records includes the highest partnership in IPL history.

Indian Premier League’s 16th season is around the corner, starting with the first match between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings on 31st March 2023. GT is the defending champions of this season because they won their first IPL trophy last year by defeating Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

If you are looking for the highest partnership in Indian Premier League then you came to the right page because here we will share the top partnerships made in IPL history.

#1 Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers 229 runs for 2nd Wicket

The famous T20 duo of modern cricket; Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers lead the table of highest partnerships in IPL for their 229 runs contribution for the 2nd wicket against Gujarat Lions in IPL 2016. They both are best friends in and out of the cricket field and played many memorable innings for their franchise.

In the 44th match of IPL 2016, RCB batting first opened with Chris Gayle and captain Virat Kohli. Gayle was dismissed early when the team score was just 38 runs. The AB De Villiers came to bat, Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers contributed 229 runs for the second wicket for this team which became the highest partnership in IPL history and this record is still unbreakable.

Captain Virat Kohli scored 109 runs off 55 balls and AB De Villiers went not out at an individual score of 129 runs in 52 balls. With the help of this partnership between Virat and ABD, RCB set the target of 249 after losing 3 wickets in 20 overs for Gujarat Lions to chase.

RCB won that match by a huge margin of 144 runs. GT was only able to reach 104 runs and lost all their wickets in 18.4 overs.

#2 Virat Kohli & AB de Villiers 215* runs for 2nd Wicket

Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers Due are the most loved cricket duo in the India Premier League, both players have contributed many great innings for their franchise. Their partnership of 229 runs is the highest partnership in IPL history. They both also hold the second position in this tale for their contribution of 215* runs for the 2nd wicket against Mumbai Indians.

This great partnership came against the most successful IPL franchise Mumbai Indian at their home ground, Wankhede in IPL 2015.

In the 46th match of IPL 2015, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat first at MI’s home ground. Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli opened the RCB’s side. Chris Gayle went back to the pavilion at just a team score of 20 runs. Then ABD came to bat, Virat and ABD both contributed 215 without losing their wickets for the 2nd wicket, this is the second most runs contributed for the 2nd wicket in the history of IPL.

Captain Virat Kohli scored 82 runs in 50 balls and AB De Villiers scored 133 runs in 59 balls with a strike rate of 225.42. With the help of this great partnership between Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers, RCB set the target of 235 after losing only one wicket for Mumbai Indians to chase.

In response, Mumbai could reach 196 after losing their 7 wickets and lost the match by a margin of 39 runs.

#3 Quinton de Kock & KL Rahul 210* Opening Partnership

The highest opening partnership of the Indian Premier League is named Quinton de Kock & KL Rahul due. They both contributed 210* runs without losing their wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 66th match of IPL 2022.

Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and decided to bat first on DY Patil Stadium’s batting-friendly pitch. Both scored 210 runs in the opening partnership without losing their wickets in 20 overs. This became the highest opening partnership in the history of IPL.

Quinton De Kock scored 140 runs in 70 balls with a strike rate of 200.00 and KL Rahul scored 68 runs in 51 balls with a strike rate of 133.33. With this giant opening partnership, LSG set the target of 211 runs to chase for KKR.

In response, Kolkata reached very close but failed to convert this into a victory. They scored 208 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 2 runs. Captain Shreyas Iyer scored 50 runs 29 balls, Nitish Rana 42 off 22 balls and Rinku Singh 40 off 15 balls.

#4 Adam Gilchrist & Shaun Marsh 206 runs for 2nd Wicket

Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) captain Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh contributed 206 for the 2nd wicket which became the fourth-highest partnership in IPL history. This partnership came against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Dharmshala in the 63rd match of IPL 2011.

KXIP won the toss and decided to bat first, Paul Valthaty and captain Adam Gilchrist came to open from Punjab’s side. Paul Valthaty went back to the pavilion at an individual score of 20 runs in 17 balls. Shaun Marsh came to bat, and the duo of Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh contributed 206 runs for their team and helped to set 232 runs total after losing 2 wickets.

Captain Adam Gilchrist scored 106 runs in 55 balls with a strike rate of 192.72, his inning includes 9 sixes and 8 hours. And Shaun Marsh scored 79 runs in 49 balls with a strike rate of 161.52, his inning includes 5 sixes and 7 hours.

In response, RCB was only able to reach 121 runs and lost all their wickets. KXIP won the match by a margin of 111 runs.

#5 Chris Gayle & Virat Kolhi 204* runs for 2nd Wicket

Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli scored 204 without losing their wickets for the 2nd wicket against Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2012 at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi.

It was the 67th match of IPL 2012, Delhi Daredevils won the toss and decided to bowl first. RCB opened with Chris Gayle and Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dilshan went back to the pavilion with just an individual score of 10 runs. This brought Virat to bat, Christ Gayle and Virat Kohli made a partnership of 204 runs without losing the second wicket for their team. With giant partnership helped RCB to set a target of 216 runs after losing just one wicket.

Virat Kohli scored 73 runs in 53 balls and Chris Gayle scored 128 runs in 62 balls with a strike rate of 206.45. Gayle’s inning includes 13 sixes and 7 fours, and Kohli hit only one six and 9 fours.

In response, DD reached 194 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. RCB won the match by a margin of 21 runs. This is the fifth highest partnership in IPL history.

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