Top 5 opening pairs in IPL history

2. David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner

Despite Sunrisers Hyderabad having an extremely weak middle-order, the fact that they have competed for the playoff spots over the last two seasons is largely due to the opening pair of David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan.

When both of them get going, they can be almost unstoppable as they like to dominate the bowlers and don’t give them an opportunity to settle into their line and length. The pair has had three partnerships of over a hundred overall with the highest being 130 in the 2015 season against Kolkata Knight Riders.