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Best partnership in IPL: Highest 1st wicket partnership in IPL

Gurpreet Singh
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Best partnership in IPL: Highest 1st wicket partnership in IPL

Best partnership in IPL: The LSG batting pair of KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock have smashed quite some IPL batting records versus KKR today.

During the 66th match of the ongoing 15th season of the Indian Premier League at the DY Patil Sports Academy Stadium in Mumbai, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) opening batting pair of skipper KL Rahul and wicket-keeper batter Quinton de Kock have smashed the Kolkata Knight Riders black and blue, as they ultimately head back towards the pavilion unbeaten, posting a gigantic total of 210/0 in their 20 Overs.

The duo made mockery of the KKR bowling line up, in what is a must-win match for them to keep their playoffs hope alive. Shattering multiple records, the Rahul-de Kock pair have now  registered the highest ever partnership in IPL history for the first wicket.

Also, the 210-run stand is the highest partnership for any wicket against the KKR, with the previous best being 167* between Rohit Sharma and Herschelle Gibbs for the second wicket in IPL 2012 for the Mumbai Indians.

Additionally, overall it is the third-highest stand for any wicket in the 15-year history of the marquee league.

Quinton de Kock, with his mind-blowing knock of 140* off mere 70 deliveries, was the aggressor-in-chief having smashed a total of 10 Fours and as many Sixes, at a strike rate of 200.

KL Rahul, on the other hand, scored 68* (51), with the help of three Fours and four Sixes, in what was his 5th score of 50+ in IPL 2022.

Best partnership in IPL

The record for highest and the best partnership in IPL history is held by Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, who stitched together a 229-run stand for the 2nd wicket for RCB in the year 2016, against the Gujarat Lions (GL).

PlayersRunsWicketTeamVersusVenueDate
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers2292ndRCB Gujarat LionsBengaluru14-May-16
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers215*2ndRCB Mumbai IndiansWankhede10-May-15
Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul210*1stSuper Giants KKRDY Patil18-May-22
Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Marsh2062ndKings XI RCBDharamsala17-May-11
Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli204*2ndRCBDelhi DaredevilsDelhi17-May-12

Highest 1st wicket partnership in IPL

RunsPlayersTeamVersusVenueYear
210KL Rahul and Quinton de KockLuckow Super GiantsKolkata Knight RidersMumbai2022
185Jonny Bairstow & David WarnerSunrisers HyderabadRoyal Challengers BangaloreHyderabad2019
184*Gautam Gambhir & Chris LynnKolkata Knight RidersGujarat LionsRajkot2017
183KL Rahul & Mayank AgarwalPunjab KingsRajasthan RoyalsSharjah2020
181*Shane Watson & Faf du PlessisChennai Super KingsPunjab KingsDubai2020

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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh

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Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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