Batting in cricket is about partnerships but in IPL, batters job get little tougher cause teams are made up of players from various different country and hence the adjustment..
The highest partnership in IPL matches is 206, between Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh, both Aussies, playing for Kings XI Punjab against Bangalore. They broke the record held by Gilchrist and VVS Laxman which came against Mumbai Indians. Deccan were chasing 155 in the first edition and they won the game without being saperated, which means this is also the highest opening partnership in Indian Premier League.
Gilchrist made a blistering century that day while Laxman rotated the strike from other end. Murali Vijay and Albie Morkel of Chennai Super Kings came close to matching the record against Rajasthan Royals couple of years later but fell 3 runs short.
Update : following list is limited to partnerships more than 130 runs, followed by the biggest partnership in IPL for each wicket.
| Highest partnerships (by runs) in IPL T20 matches. |
| Batsmen (team) |
P'ship |
Wkt |
Versus |
Venue |
Date |
| Adam Gilchrist + Shaun Marsh (Punjab) |
206 |
2nd |
Bangalore |
Dharamsala |
17 May 2011 |
| Chris Gayle + Virat Kohli (Bangalore) |
204* |
2nd |
Delhi |
Delhi |
17 May 2012 |
| David Warner + Naman Ojha (Delhi) |
189* |
2nd |
Deccan |
Hyderabad |
10 May 2012 |
| Rohit Sharma + Herschelle Gibbs (Mumbai) |
167* |
2nd |
Kolkata |
Kolkata |
12 May 2012 |
| Chris Gayle + T Dilshan (Bangalore) |
167 |
1st |
Pune |
Bangalore |
23 Apr 2013 |
| Sachin Tendulkar + Dwayne Smith (Mumbai) |
163* |
1st |
Rajasthan |
Jaipur |
20 May 2012 |
| Murali Vijay + Michael Hussey (Chennai) |
159 |
1st |
Bangalore |
Chennai |
28 May 2011 |
| K Sangakkara + Cameron White (Deccan) |
157 |
3rd |
Pune |
Cuttack |
1 May 2012 |
| Adam Gilchrist + VVS Laxman (Deccan) |
155* |
1st |
Mumbai |
Mumbai |
27 Apr 2008 |
| Gautam Gambhir + Jacques Kallis (Kolkata) |
152* |
2nd |
Rajasthan |
Jaipur |
15 Apr 2011 |
| Murali Vijay + Albie Morkel (Chennai) |
152 |
3rd |
Rajasthan |
Chennai |
3 Apr 2010 |
| Virender Sehwag + M Jayawardene (Delhi) |
151 |
1st |
Mumbai |
Delhi |
21 Apr 2013 |
| David Warner + Virender Sehwag (Delhi) |
146 |
1st |
Punjab |
Delhi |
23 Apr 2011 |
| Manish Pandey + Robin Uthappa (Pune) |
145 |
3rd |
Delhi |
Pune |
24 Apr 2012 |
| Suresh Raina + S Badrinath (Chennai) |
142* |
3rd |
Mumbai |
Mumbai |
25 Mar 2010 |
| Murali Vijay + Michael Hussey (Chennai) |
139* |
1st |
Punjab |
Mohali |
10 Apr 2013 |
| Murali Vijay + Suresh Raina (Chennai) |
137* |
2nd |
Kolkata |
Chennai |
13 Apr 2010 |
| Michael Hussey + Suresh Raina (Chennai) |
137 |
2nd |
Rajasthan |
Chennai |
4 May 2011 |
| Chris Gayle + Virat Kohli (Bangalore) |
136 |
2nd |
Punjab |
Bangalore |
14 May 2013 |
| Adam Gilchrist + Paul Valthathy (Punjab) |
136 |
1st |
Deccan |
Hyderabad |
16 Apr 2011 |
| Manvinder Bisla + J Kallis (Kolkata) |
136 |
2nd |
Chennai |
Chennai |
27 May 2012 |
| Naman Ojha + Graeme Smith (Rajasthan) |
135 |
1st |
Punjab |
Durban |
5 May 2009 |
| Virender Sehwag + M Jayawardene (Delhi) |
135 |
1st |
Mumbai |
Delhi |
27 Apr 2012 |
| Shane Watson + Rahul Dravid (Rajasthan) |
134* |
1st |
Mumbai |
Mumbai |
20 May 2011 |
| Gautam Gambhir + Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi) |
133 |
2nd |
Deccan |
Delhi |
15 May 2008 |
| Shaun Marsh + Luke Pomerbach (Punjab) |
133 |
2nd |
Mumbai |
Mumbai |
21 May 2008 |
| Shaun Marsh + James Hopes (Punjab) |
133 |
1st |
Rajasthan |
Mohali |
28 May 2008 |
| Michael Hussey + Suresh Raina (Chennai) |
133 |
2nd |
Hyderabad |
Hyderabad |
8 May 2013 |
| Dinesh Karthik + Rohit Sharma (Mumbai) |
132 |
3rd |
Delhi |
Mumbai |
9 Apr 2013 |
| Chris Gayle + AB de Villiers (Bangalore) |
131 |
4th |
Punjab |
Mohali |
20 Apr 2012 |
| Shikhar Dhawan + Ravi Teja (Deccan) |
131 |
1st |
Punjab |
Dharamsala |
21 May 2011 |
| Owais Shah + Angelo Mathews (Kolkata) |
130* |
5th |
Deccan |
Mumbai |
12 Mar 2010 |
| David Miller + R Sathish (Punjab) |
130* |
5th |
Bangalore |
Mohali |
6 May 2013 |
| Ravi Bopara + Manvinder Bisla (Punjab) |
129 |
1st |
Bangaore |
Bangalore |
16 Mar 2010 |
| Highest partnerships (by wicket) in IPL T20 matches. |
| Batsmen (team) |
Wkt |
P'ship |
Versus |
Venue |
Date |
| Chris Gayle + T Dilshan (Bangalore) |
1st |
167 |
Pune |
Bangalore |
23 Apr 2013 |
| Adam Gilchrist + Shaun Marsh (Punjab) |
2nd |
206 |
Bangalore |
Dharamsala |
17 May 2011 |
| K Sangakkara + Cameron White (Deccan) |
3rd |
157 |
Pune |
Cuttack |
1 May 2012 |
| Chris Gayle + AB de Villiers (Bangalore) |
4th |
131 |
Rajasthan |
Jaipur |
23 Apr 2012 |
| Owais Shah + Angelo Mathews (Kolkata) |
5th |
130* |
Deccan |
Mumbai |
12 Mar 2010 |
| David Miller + R Sathish (Punjab) |
5th |
130* |
Bangalore |
Mohali |
6 May 2013 |
| Ambati Rayudu + Kieron Pollard (Mumbai) |
6th |
122* |
Bangalore |
Bangalore |
14 May 2012 |
| Kieron Pollard + Harbhajan Singh (Mumbai) |
7th |
65* |
Chennai |
Chennai |
6 Apr 2013 |
| Ryan McLaren + Harbhajan Singh (Mumbai) |
8th |
53* |
Deccan |
Mumbai |
28 Mar 2010 |
| Harbhajan Singh + A Ahmed (Mumbai) |
9th |
36 |
Chennai |
Chennai |
6 Apr 2010 |
| Sidharth Trivedi + Munaf Patel (Rajasthan) |
10th |
29* |
Delhi |
Bloemfontein |
17 May 2009 |
