Best IPL Partnerships: 5 Batting Pairs with most runs among them in IPL

The most promising batting pair in IPL has been Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle who have scored 2812 runs together for Royal Challengers Bangalore.


Best IPL Partnerships: 5 Batting Pairs with most runs among them in IPL

IPL or The Indian Premier League is all about fans, favourite teams, favourite players, match-changing finishers, and above all ‘CRICKET’. Cricket has always been about partnerships or you say it ‘hunting in pairs’, be it a batsman or a bowler. If two players find their rhythm together, there’s no stopping them…

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If we talk about well-known partnerships at the International level, in bowling we can find examples of Stuart Broad- James Anderson and in batting who can forget about Gautam Gambhir-Virender Sehwag opening the innings for India?

Be it any format of cricket, a partnership has been one of the key elements while deciding the winning factor of a team. We have seen many players playing concurrently which has been valuable for the team’s success.

IPL is one of the most renowned leagues in the world with a fan base of over 100 Million, and in every match we observe one good partnership in batting or bowling being the match-deciding factor. Some do it once or twice, but some pairs make it a habit of winning the game for their team in almost every match. So, let us have a look at the top five pairs who have put together hundreds of runs.

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List of Batting Pairs with most runs among them in IPL

#5 Chris Gayle and KL Rahul (1633 runs)

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Chris Gayle and KL Rahul have played together for two franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL)- Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS). The pair has made the most of the opportunity when they have batted together. Rahul and Gayle have added 1633 runs together while playing together for RCB and PBKS.

#4 Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa (1906 runs)

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Kolkata Knight Riders had made an extremely upright goal when they paid for Gautam Gambhir in 2011 auctions and Gambhir helped his squad earn two IPL titles in 3 years. However, the best season got to be in the 2014 title win when the pair of Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir had an opening partnership of 121, 106 and 68 in the final stages of the tournament, which steered their team to the historic title. The pair comes in the fourth position when it comes to adding most runs together in IPL history.

Also Read: Top 5 pairs with most 100+ run partnerships in IPL history

#3 Shikar Dhawan and David Warner (2357 runs)

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Sunrisers Hyderabad intended to relieve Shikhar Dhawan of the captaincy responsibilities and gave them to David Warner, and this change resulted in the IPL 2016 title win for the team. Dhawan and Warner were the first pair to reach 2000 runs as a pair in IPL. They amplified 2357 runs together before Dhawan went to Delhi Capitals.

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#2 Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle (2812 runs)

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The most promising batting pair in IPL has been Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle who have scored 2812 runs together for Royal Challengers Bangalore. In 2011 RCB bought Gayle after he was not retained by Kolkata Knight Riders. Kohli and Gayle were at the top position till April 2019 when our next pair replaced them.

#1 AB de Villers and Virat Kohli (3108 runs)

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AB de Villers and Virat Kohli used to be the spirits of the RCB batting lineup. There were numerous instances when the pair demolished the opposition’s bowling attack. They are the only pair to have two racks of over 200 runs in a match in the T20 format against Gujarat Lions, where AB de Villers smashed 129* and Kohli scored 109 in 2016. The duo also holds the record for amassing the most number of runs together in IPL history with 3108 runs.

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