Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Partnership records / Highest overall partnership runs by openers

Highest opening partnership runs in a career
Partners Span Inns NO Runs High Ave 100 50
DA Warner, SR Watson (Aus) 2009-2012 31 0 1104 133 35.61 3 6
LE Bosman, GC Smith (SA) 2006-2010 12 1 650 170 59.09 2 2
G Gambhir, V Sehwag (India) 2007-2012 17 0 545 136 32.05 1 2
BB McCullum, JD Ryder (NZ) 2008-2010 14 0 465 130 33.21 1 3
TM Dilshan, ST Jayasuriya (SL) 2009-2009 12 0 436 124 36.33 1 3
AC Gilchrist, ML Hayden (Aus) 2005-2007 9 1 398 104 49.75 2 1
JH Kallis, GC Smith (SA) 2005-2010 9 0 396 87 44.00 0 3
WTS Porterfield, PR Stirling (Ire) 2010-2012 15 2 393 109* 30.23 1 2
MJ Guptill, RJ Nicol (NZ) 2012-2012 12 0 385 76 32.08 0 3
Imran Nazir, Mohammad Hafeez (Pak) 2007-2012 12 0 385 124 32.08 1 1
TM Dilshan, DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 2010-2012 15 0 367 80 24.46 0 2
Kamran Akmal, Salman Butt (Pak) 2008-2010 9 0 321 142 35.66 1 1
MJ Guptill, BB McCullum (NZ) 2009-2011 5 1 296 127* 74.00 2 0
NJ O'Brien, WTS Porterfield (Ire) 2008-2010 9 0 288 59 32.00 0 3
AD Hales, MJ Lumb (Eng) 2012-2013 5 1 282 143* 70.50 1 1
DO Obuya, SO Tikolo (Kenya) 2010-2010 2 2 236 126* - 2 0
C Kieswetter, MJ Lumb (Eng) 2010-2012 9 0 230 68 25.55 0 1
AD Hales, C Kieswetter (Eng) 2011-2012 11 1 224 128* 22.40 1 0
ST Jayasuriya, WU Tharanga (SL) 2006-2007 7 0 218 82 31.14 0 2
BB McCullum, L Vincent (NZ) 2007-2007 8 0 212 68 26.50 0 2
G Gambhir, RG Sharma (India) 2009-2009 5 0 208 77 41.60 0 2
AN Kervezee, ES Szwarczynski (Neth) 2010-2010 4 0 195 72 48.75 0 3
Mohammad Ashraful, Tamim Iqbal (Ban) 2010-2012 7 0 189 62 27.00 0 1
SJ Myburgh, MR Swart (Neth) 2012-2013 5 0 184 97 36.80 0 1
HM Amla, RE Levi (SA) 2012-2012 9 1 184 94* 23.00 0 1
KJ Coetzer, RR Watson (Scot) 2008-2010 3 0 180 102 60.00 1 1
SP Fleming, BB McCullum (NZ) 2005-2006 3 0 180 80 60.00 0 2
G Gambhir, AM Rahane (India) 2012-2012 5 0 177 77 35.40 0 1
ADS Fletcher, CH Gayle (WI) 2009-2010 6 0 170 133 28.33 1 0
S Chanderpaul, CH Gayle (WI) 2008-2010 5 0 167 80 33.40 0 1
J Charles, DR Smith (WI) 2011-2012 4 0 160 72 40.00 0 2
J Charles, CH Gayle (WI) 2012-2013 6 0 160 103 26.66 1 0
CH Gayle, DS Smith (WI) 2007-2007 3 0 158 145 52.66 1 0
Kamran Akmal, Shahzaib Hasan (Pak) 2009-2010 6 0 154 48 25.66 0 0
RD Berrington, CS MacLeod (Scot) 2012-2013 7 0 145 59 20.71 0 1
Junaid Siddique, Tamim Iqbal (Ban) 2007-2012 7 0 138 45 19.71 0 0
Nazimuddin, Tamim Iqbal (Ban) 2007-2008 7 0 135 41 19.28 0 0
AA Obanda, SO Tikolo (Kenya) 2010-2010 2 0 127 126 63.50 1 0
RS Bopara, LJ Wright (Eng) 2009-2009 5 0 126 102 25.20 1 0
BB McCullum, AJ Redmond (NZ) 2009-2010 5 0 126 51 25.20 0 1
Karim Sadiq, Noor Ali Zadran (Afg) 2010-2010 6 0 124 66 20.66 0 1
MJ Guptill, HD Rutherford (NZ) 2013-2013 3 0 123 75 41.00 0 1
Imran Nazir, Salman Butt (Pak) 2007-2007 4 0 119 76 29.75 0 1
DL Maddy, VS Solanki (Eng) 2007-2007 2 0 115 62 57.50 0 2
ST Jayasuriya, ML Udawatte (SL) 2008-2009 3 0 113 66 37.66 0 1
C Kieswetter, KP Pietersen (Eng) 2012-2012 3 0 112 48 37.33 0 0
V Sibanda, BRM Taylor (Zim) 2007-2007 2 0 105 74 52.50 0 1
Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed (Pak) 2012-2013 3 0 105 74 35.00 0 1
HH Gibbs, GC Smith (SA) 2007-2010 6 0 104 54 17.33 0 1
JEC Franklin, RJ Nicol (NZ) 2012-2012 1 0 103 103 103.00 1 0
H Patel, Rizwan Cheema (Can) 2010-2013 4 0 101 68 25.25 0 1

Partnerships for the 1st wicket after a retired hurt.

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, 2nd T20I, May 12, 2013 [T20I # 316]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, 1st T20I, May 11, 2013 [T20I # 315]
Kenya v Netherlands at Windhoek, 1st match, Apr 20, 2013 [T20I # 314]

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