5 highest partnerships in the IPL

#3 Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh

For all the dominance of Chris Gayle, there is an inherent sense of beauty when Adam Gilchrist strode out to bat and then massacred bowling attacks.

This was out in full glory in Dharamsala against the Royal Challengers Bangalore back in 2011.

Punjab batted first on a belter of a batting track but lost their opening batsman Paul Valthaty rather cheaply.

However, this meant that Adam Gilchrist was joined in the centre by fellow Western Australian Shaun Marsh and together the southpaws presented an absolute aesthetic delight.

The RCB bowlers were a hapless unit as Gilchrist and Marsh drove, cut, swept, pulled, them to all corners of the ground.

When the wicket-keeper batsman was dismissed for 106, the partnership was worth 206 runs. Shaun Marsh remained unbeaten on 79 runs as Punjab piled up 232 runs in their 20 overs.

Such was the extent of the battering, that a strong RCB batting lineup folded up for a paltry 121 in the second innings.