Highest Opening Partnership in IPL: De Kock-Rahul unbeaten stand against KKR tops the list

De
Kock
smashed
his
second
hundred
in
IPL
and
shared
the
highest
opening
partnership
of
210
in
IPL
with
Rahul
(68
not
out
off
51
balls)
to
put
LSG
in
the
driving
seat
in
a
crucial
match.

Opting
to
bat
first,
Rahul
and
De
Kock
added
only
44
in
the
powerplay
after
some
decent
bowling
from
KKR’s
bowlers.
The
IPL
newcomers
in
fact
were
only
111
in
the
14th
over
and
from
then
on
the
floodgates
opened
as
they
added
99
runs
in
the
final
six
overs.

The
unbeaten
210
partnership
eclipsed
the
previous
best
of
185
set
by
David
Warner
and
Jonny
Bairstow
for
Sunrisers
Hyderabad.
De
Kock-Rahul
stand
is
also
the
third
highest
partnership
in
IPL
history.

The
duo
hit
as
many
as
13
fours
and
14
sixes
during
the
innings.
De
Kock
smashed
as
many
as
10
sixes
and
10
fours,
while
Rahul
hit
3
fours
and
4
sixes
during
the
knocks.

De
Kock’s
unbeaten
140
also
surpassed
Rajasthan
Royals
batter
Jos
Buttler’s
116
as
the
highest
individual
scorer
in
the
ongoing
season.
The
South
African’s
hundred
is
also
the
sixth
of
IPL
2022
after
Buttler
(3)
and
his
opening
partner
Rahul
(2).