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Highest partnership score in IPL: Highest partnership in IPL history list

Gurpreet Singh
|PublishedApr 12, 2022

Highest partnership score in IPL: Highest partnership in IPL history list

Highest partnership score in IPL: Robin Uthappa and Shivam Dube went bonkers at the RCB bowlers with a 165-run stand for the 3rd wicket.

During the 22nd match of the ongoing 15th season of the Indian Premier League between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Dr DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, a whirlwind innings from Robin Uthappa and Shivam Dube ripped apart the RCB bowling attack to send the crowd in a frenzy.

With mere 60 runs scored by the ‘Yellow Army’ in the initial 10 Overs, Uthappa – 88 runs off 50 deliveries, and Shivam Dube – 95* off 46 deliveries not only decided to cut loose, but smash Faf du Plessis’ bowlers black and blue by tonking 156 runs in the final 10 Overs to power the CSK score to 216/4 at the end of 20 Overs.

The duo’s juggernaut came to an end only during the 19^th Over with Uthappa’s dismissal, but not before they had already stitched together a 165-run partnership for the 3^rd wicket off mere 74 deliveries.

While Uthappa and Dube registered their highest individual scores in IPL history, their partnership was the second-highest ever for CSK in the IPL as well.

Highest partnership score in IPL

Despite the breathtaking 165-run partnership (highest in the ongoing season) between the duo, it is nowhere close to even the top-10 highest partnerships in IPL history.

The record for the highest partnership by runs is held by the ever popular former RCB pair of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, with the duo stitching a mammoth 229-run stand for the second wicket against the Gujarat Lions (GL) during the 2016 edition of the marquee league.

Even the second-highest stand record is held by the aforementioned duo, when in 2015, they joined hands to together smash 215 runs against Mumbai Indians (MI) for the second wicket at the Wankhede Stadium.

Highest partnership in IPL history list (by runs)

Partners	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
V Kohli, AB de Villiers	229	RCB	Gujarat Lions	Bengaluru	14-May-2016
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers	215*	RCB	Mumbai Indians	Wankhede	10-May-2015
Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul	210*	LSG	KKR	Navi Mumbai	18-May-2022
Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Marsh	206	Kings XI Punjab	RCB	Dharamsala	17-May-2011
Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli	204*	RCB	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	17-May-2012
David Warner, Naman Ojha	189*	Delhi Daredevils	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	10-May-2012
Jonny Bairstow, David Warner	185	Sunrisers Hyderabad	RCB	Hyderabad	31-Mar-2019
Gautam Gambhir, Chris Lynn	184*	KKR	Gujarat Lions	Rajkot	07-Apr-2017
KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal	183	Kings XI Punjab	Rajasthan Royals	Sharjah	27-Sep-2020
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway	182	Chennai Super Kings	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Pune	01-May-2022

About the author

Gurpreet Singh

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.