Top 5 highest opening partnerships in IPL history
The openers play a vital role in setting the platform for the batsmen to follow and are critical to the success of their side.
2. Gautam Gambhir and Chris Lynn (KKR)- 2017
Rajkot witnessed butchery of the highest order on April 7th, 2017. Gautam Gambhir and Chris Lynn combined to absolutely blow away the Gujarat Lions’ bowling attack on that day. The bowlers were left clueless as the two batsmen went about tearing the bowling to shreds.
The Kolkata outfit won the toss and decided to bowl first. Riding on a 51 ball 68 from Suresh Raina, and a quickfire 47 by Dinesh Karthik, the Gujarat side scored 183 runs in their allotted 20 overs. A required rate of over 9 runs an over is a challenging task indeed, but Lynn and Gambhir reduced the match to a no contest.
The opening duo of Gambhir and Lynn went on the rampage and left the opposition searching for answers. Their partnership of 184 runs came in just 14.5 overs, and a tall chase was made to look ridiculous by the left-right duo. While Lynn scored a marauding 93* off just 41 balls, Gambhir helped himself to an unbeaten 76 as Kolkata recorded their highest partnership ever in IPL cricket.
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