Mumbai Indians, the ace team has 5 IPL titles to its name, eventually making it the most successful franchise in the history of the Indian Premier League. Over the years, Mumbai Indians had acquired world-class batsmen that contributed much to make Mumbai lift the trophy. Following are the top 5 opening partnerships that were made by Mumbai Star openers.
1. Sachin Tendulkar and DR Smith, 163 vs RR 2012
The highest run partnership for the first wicket came from the contribution of star opening batters Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne Smith in 2012. Both batters amassed a whopping 163* to make their team win the game. MI went down to chase the target of 162 given by KKR. Both batters got the team winning with 12 balls remaining.
2. Lendl Simmons and Mike Hussey, 139 vs RR 2014
Star openers for Mumbai, Mike Hussey, and Lendl Simmons posted a whopping 139 runs together for Mumbai for the first wicket partnership. After a century-plus opening partnership, the Mumbai Indians’ top order delivered one of the few times when they put up a challenging 178 for three against Rajasthan Royals in an IPL match.
3. Sanath Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar, 127 vs KKR 2009
Jayasuriya and Tendulkar’s contribution of 127 runs for 1st wicket got them third place in the best opening partnerships list for MI. The third-highest runs partnership for Mumbai came against KKR in the second edition of the Indian Premier League in Port Elizabeth.
4. Mike Hussey and Lendl Simmons, 120 vs RR 2014
The duo of star openers, Simmons and Hussey once again contributed to 120 runs for the first wicket, and that too against Rajasthan. The duo of left and right-hand batsmen took Rajasthan to set the fourth-highest run partnership which came in 2014.
5. Quinton De Kock and Ishan Kishan, 116 vs CSK 2020
The South African left-hand star opener and Indian hitter set the fifth highest runs partnership for the first wicket. The duo of left-handers took Chennai to guide their team to a massive win of 10 wickets. Mumbai was chasing down the target of 114 runs given by Chennai.
