5 times when the previous record holder broke their own record

#3 Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers

Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers set the record for the highest partnership in T20s

This record belongs to a pair- probably the most destructive one in this era - Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. If the Gujarat Lions were elated at the dismissal of Chris Gayle early in the innings, it was only because they weren't aware of what was to follow.

Out walked Abraham Benjamin de Villiers to join the Royal Challengers Bangalore captain, Virat Kohli, and the pair smashed a world record T20 partnership of 229, with each of them helping themselves to a century.

In the process, they broke the previous record of 215, that they themselves had combined to create the previous year. The Lions went on to lose the game by 144 runs- the then largest IPL defeat in terms of runs.