V Kohli and AB de Villiers script a world record for the highest partnership in the history of Twenty20 games
V Kohli and AB de Villiers posted 215 runs in an unfinished partnership fof the second wicket in the game between Bangalore and Mumbai at Mum-WS on 10.05.15 to provide the fifth occasion of batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in the history of Twenty20 games. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Partners | Runs | Wkt | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | V Kohli, AB de Villiers | 215* | 2nd | Bangalore | Mumbai | Mumbai | 10 May 2015 |
| 2 | AC Gilchrist, SE Marsh | 206 | 2nd | Punjab | Bangalore | Dharamsala | 17 May 2011 |
| 3 | CH Gayle, V Kohli | 204* | 2nd | Bangalore | Delhi | Delhi | 17 May 2012 |
| 4 | MC Juneja, AA Malek | 202* | 4th | Gujarat | Kerala | Indore | 30 Mar 2013 |
| 5 | PJ Ingram, JM How | 201 | 1st | Central D | Wellington | New Plymouth | 18 Jan 2012 |
V Kohli and AB de Villiers posted 215 runs in an unfinished partnership fof the second wicket in the game between Bangalore and Mumbai at Mum-WS on 10.05.15. This partnership represents the highest partnerhip for any wicket in the history of Twenty20 games. The previous best was the 206 runs partnership for the second wicket between Punjab and Banglaore at Dharamsala on 17.05.11. Both the occasions are listed below
| No | Partners | Runs | Wkt | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | V Kohli, AB de Villiers | 215* | 2nd | Bangalore | Mumbai | Mumbai | 10 May 2015 |
| 2 | AC Gilchrist, SE Marsh | 206 | 2nd | Punjab | Bangalore | Dharamsala | 17 May 2011 |
It is interesting to note that out of the five 200 plus runs partnerships in the history of T20 games, four of them have been posted in India – three in IPL games and one in Domestic tournament. The four partnerships are listed below
| No | Partners | Runs | Wkt | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | V Kohli, AB de Villiers | 215* | 2nd | Bangalore | Mumbai | Mumbai | 10 May 2015 |
| 2 | AC Gilchrist, SE Marsh | 206 | 2nd | Punjab | Bangalore | Dharamsala | 17 May 2011 |
| 3 | CH Gayle, V Kohli | 204* | 2nd | Bangalore | Delhi | Delhi | 17 May 2012 |
| 4 | MC Juneja, AA Malek | 202* | 4th | Gujarat | Kerala | Indore | 30 Mar 2013 |