Opening partnerships in IPL 2024: GT duo Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan produce double century opening stand

05-10-2024
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IPL 2024 has been a season of breaking records, especially when it comes to scoring. Teams have breached the 200 and 250-run mark very easily this season and some teams like Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have done it consistently too. 

If a team can reach a big-score depends on the kind of start they get. If a team can accelerate quickly in the powerplay overs, there’s a massive chance of that team posting a huge total for the opponents to chase down. 

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Two of those most destructive opening pairs this season have been that of Sunil Narine and Phil Salt for KKR and Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head for SRH.

Highest opening partnerships of IPL 2024: 

Here’s a comprehensive list of the top five highest opening partnerships of the IPL for the first wicket this season. The list includes the theatrics of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma against DC to KL Rahul and Quintin de Kock's patient and steady knocks. 

Team Player 1 Player 2 Runs Balls faced Opponent Run Rate
GT Shubman Gill Sai Sudharsan 210 103 CSK 12.23
SRH Travis Head Abhishek Sharma 167 58 LSG 17.7
KKR Phil Salt Sunil Narine 138 63 PBKS 13.34
LSG KL Rahul Quinton de Kock 134 90 CSK 8.94
KKR Travis Head Abhishek Sharma 131 38 DC 21.12
RCB Virat Kohli Faf du Plessis 125 84 RR 8.92
DC Abhishek Porel Jake Fraser-McGurk 114 46 MI 15.40

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Best opening pairs of the IPL 2024 season

A lot depends on the runs that a opening pair add up during the initial six overs of the powerplay, setting the course of play for the rest of the innings. The Sporting News brings you the highest overall runs that some of these opening pairs that have added up for the first wicket partnership in the IPL this season

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Team Opening pair Runs 
KKR Phil Salt - Sunil Narine 553
RCB Faf du Plessis - Virat Kohli 550
SRH Travis Head - Abhishek Sharma 417
MI Ishan Kishan - Rohit Sharma 416
LSG Quinton de Kock - KL Rahul 287