5. Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan:
At number five in the list of Top 5 Highest Opening Partnerships In ODI are Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan for their stand against Zimbabwe in the 2011 World Cup. The openers were in top form during that competition, helping Sri Lanka to reach the final. They made their intentions clear by adding together 283 runs against Zimbabwe in the group encounter.
They collected those runs in less than 45 overs. Dilshan top-scored for the Islanders, scoring 144 Tharanga scored 133. Sri Lanka posted a massive 327 to win the game by 139 runs.