Fast bowlers get a new ball in their hands and thirst for wickets to give their side a breakthrough. The ball does swing and bounces extra, but many batters are up to the task. They attack the new ball and negate the swing with some excellent footwork. The fielding side despair and become desperate, and the opening batters capitalize on that too.
All three formats have witnessed such opening partnerships and tonnes of runs. In this article, we have tabled the five largest Opening partnerships in all three game formats: Test Cricket, ODI Cricket & T20.
TOP TEST HIGHEST RUN PARTNERSHIPS
| Sr.No | Partners | Year | Runs scored | FOR | Opponent | Venue |
| 1. | ND McKenzie& GC Smith | 2008 | 415 | South Africa | Bangladesh | Chattogram |
| 2. | MH.Mankad & P Roy | 1956 | 413 | India | New Zealand | Chennai |
| 3. | V Sehwag& R Dravid | 2006 | 410 | India | Pakistan | Lahore |
| 4. | GM. Turner &TW.Jarvis | 1972 | 387 | New Zealand | West Indies | Georgetown |
| 5. | WM. Lawry & RB. Simpson | 1965 | 382 | Australia | West Indies | Bridgetown |
TOP ODI HIGHEST RUN PARTNERSHIPS
| Sr.No | Partners | Year | Runs scored | FOR | Opponent | Venue |
| 1. | JD Campbell &SD Hope | 2019 | 365 | West Indies | Ireland | Dublin |
| 2. | Imam-ul-Haq & Fakhar Zaman | 2018 | 304 | Pakistan | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo |
| 3. | Tamim Iqbal & Liton Das | 2020 | 292 | Bangladesh | Zimbabwe | Sylhet |
| 4. | WU.Tharanga & S.T Jayasuriya | 2006 | 286 | Sri Lanka | England | Leeds |
| 5. | DA Warner & TM Head | 2017 | 284 | Australia | Pakistan | Adelaide |
TOP T20 HIGHEST RUN PARTNERSHIPS
| Sr.No | Partners | Year | Runs scored | FOR | Opponent | Venue |
| 1. | Hazratullah Zazai & Usman Ghani | 2019 | 236 | Afghanistan | Ireland | Dehradun |
| 2. | AJ Finch &DJM Short | 2018 | 223 | Australia | Zimbabwe | Harare |
| 3. | S Davizi & Dylan Steyn | 2022 | 220 | Czech Rep | Zimbabwe | Marsa |
| 4. | BA.Pai & L Bruce | 2022 | 213 | Gibraltar | England | Marsa |
| 5. | HG. Munsey & KJ Coetzer | 2019 | 200 | Scotland | Netherlands | Dublin |
