[Updated] Highest IPL Partnership in History (2008 - 2025)

Highest Partnerships in IPL: The Indian Premier League is synonymous with explosive batting and short-lived player innings. But sometimes, players remain fixed on the pitch and form strong partnerships. Check here the list of highest partnerships by runs and wickets in IPL history from 2008 to 2024.

Apr 2, 2025, 11:36 IST

Highest IPL Partnerships in History (2008 - 2023)

The Indian Premier League is the world’s foremost professional cricket tournament that is held annually. Players from all around the world participate in the IPL. The main appeal of IPL is the T20 format. It includes short games, comprising 20 overs of 6 balls each for both teams. A typical IPL match runs for 4 hours or less. The whole family can enjoy the IPL as it provides quick, thrilling cricket action free of cost.

One of the main reasons behind the popularity of IPL is the explosive batting that’s often witnessed. Sometimes players singlehandedly win matches, but cricket is a team sport and requires the efforts of everyone playing. Due to the reckless and fast-paced nature of IPL, long partnerships are uncommon among batsmen.

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A good partnership can turn the tide of the game, but most players have one intention, score big hits and win the match. As such, they arrive on the field and depart quickly, allowing the succeeding batter to repeat the same strategy. However, there have been instances when batsmen have just refused to leave the pitch and recorded massive partnerships. On that note, we bring you the list of the highest partnerships in IPL history.

IPL Highest Partnerships (2008 - 2025)

Position	Players	Runs	Wicket	Team	Opposition	Match Date
1	Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers	229	2nd	RCB	Guj Lions	14 May 2016
2	Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers	215*	2nd	RCB	MI	10 May 2015
3	Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul	210*	1st	LSG	KKR	18 May 2022
4	Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Marsh	206	2nd	KXIP	RCB	17 May 2011
5	Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli	204*	2nd	RCB	DD	17 May 2012
6	David Warner, Naman Ojha	189*	2nd	DD	DEC	10 May 2012
7	Jonny Bairstow, David Warner	185	1st	SRH	RCB	31 Mar 2019
8	Gautam Gambhir, Chris Lynn	184*	1st	KKR	Guj Lions	7 Apr 2017
9	KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal	183	1st	KXIP	RR	27 Sep 2020
10	Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devin Conway	182	1st	CSK	SRH	1 May 2022
11	Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis	181*	1st	CSK	KXIP	4 Oct 2020
12	Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal	181*	1st	RCB	RR	22 Apr 2021
13	S Dhawan, Kane Williamson	176*	2nd	SRH	DD	10 May 2018
14	Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis	172	1st	RCB	SRH	18 May 2023
15	Herschelle Gibbs, Rohit Sharma	167*	2nd	MI	KKR	12 May 2012
16	Chris Gayle, Tilakaratne Dilshan	167	1st	RCB	Pune Warriors	23 Apr 2013
17	Robin Uthappa, Shivam Dube	165	3rd	CSK	RCB	12 Apr 2022
18	Sachin Tendulkar, Dwayne Smith	163*	1st	MI	RR	20 May 2012
19	David Warner, Jonny Bairstow	160	1st	SRH	KXIP	8 Oct 2020
20	Michael Hussey, Murali Vijay	159	1st	CSK	RCB	28 May 2011
21	Gautam Gambhir, RV Uthappa	158	2nd	KKR	Supergiant	26 Apr 2017
22	Cameron White, Kumar Sangakkara	157	3rd	DEC	Warriors	1 May 2012
23	Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers	157	2nd	RCB	SRH	12 Apr 2016
24	Adam Gilchrist, VVS Laxman	155*	1st	DEC	MI	27 Apr 2008
25	Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers	155	2nd	RCB	LSG	22 Apr 2016
26	Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal	155	1st	RR	DC	22 Apr 2022
27	Shreyas Iyer, JP Duminy	154	2nd	DD	MI	23 Apr 2015
28	Jacques Kallis, Gautam Gambhir	152*	2nd	KKR	RR	15 Apr 2011
29	Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson	152*	3rd	RR	MI	25 Oct 2020
30	Murali Vijay, Albie Morkel	152	3rd	CSK	RR	3 Apr 2010
31	David Warner, Wriddhiman Saha	151*	1st	SRH	MI	3 Nov 2020
32	Mahela Jayawardene, Virender Sehwag	151	1st	DD	MI	21 Apr 2013
33	Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson	150	2nd	RR	SRH	2 May 2021
34	Azhar Mahmood, Shaun Marsh	148	3rd	KXIP	MI	18 May 2013
35	Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis	148	1st	RCB	MI	2 Apr 2023
36	Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli	147	1st	RCB	KXIP	18 May 2016
37	David Warner, Virender Sehwag	146	1st	DD	KXIP	23 Apr 2011
38	Manish Pandey, Robin Uthappa	145*	3rd	Pune Warriors	DD	24 Apr 2012
39	Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson	144	1st	RR	CSK	19 Apr 2015
40	Shimron Hetmyer, Gurkeerat Singh	144	4th	RCB	SRH	4 May 2019

It’s said that anything is possible in IPL and as time passes, the saying is getting more and more true. Nowhere else will you see a last wicket partnership of multiple runs. Check out the highest IPL partnerships sorted by wicket order below.

IPL Highest Partnerships by Wicket Order

While Virat Kohli appears in 6 entries of the highest IPL partnership list, he's only once mentioned when sorted by batting order. Kohli, who usually opens at number 3 recorded a humungous 229-run partnership with AB de Villiers for RCB against GL in 2016.

Shikhar Dhawan on the other hand, is the latest entry in the list for the highest last-wicket partnership. Dhawan played a heroic inning, guiding his team PBKS to a respectable score after they'd lost 9 wickets before even reaching a hundred runs.

You can check out the full IPL partnership list by batting order here.

Wicket	Players & Team	Runs	Opposition	Year
1st	Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul (LSG)	210*	KKR	2022
2nd	Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers (RCB)	229	GL	2016
3rd	Robin Uthappa and Shivam Dube (CSK)	165	RCB	2022
4th	Shimron Hetmyer and Gurkeerat Singh (RCB)	144	SRH	2019
5th	Shakib Al Hasan and Yusuf Pathan (KKR)	134*	GL	2016
6th	Ambati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard (MI)	122*	RCB	2012
7th	Jagadeesha Suchith and Harbhajan Singh (MI)	100	PBKS	2015
8th	Brad Hodge and James Faulkner (RR)	69	MI	2014
9th	Sam Curran and Imran Tahir (CSK)	43	MI	2020
10th	Shikhar Dhawan and Mohit Rathee (PBKS)	55*	SRH	2023