SRH set IPL record with 277/3 against MI; here are top 5 IPL totals
The previous highest total was 263 for five, achieved by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) back in 2013.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's (SRH) Travis Head celebrates his half century during their IPL 2024 match against Mumbai Indians (MI), at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Uppal, in Hyderabad, on Wednesday, March 27. PTI
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) posted a mammoth 277 for three in 20 overs, the highest total in Indian Premier League (IPL) history, against Mumbai Indians (MI) during an IPL 2024 match in Hyderabad on Wednesday night (March 27).
Sent into bat, Travis Head, playing his first IPL game this season, blasted a 24-ball 62, while Abhishek Sharma slammed 63 off 23 to lay the foundation.
Individual records
Head broke David Warner's record of the fastest fifty by a SRH batter with a 18-ball half-century before Sharma surpassed Head's feat 20 balls later by reaching the milestone in 16 balls.
Head, who was dropped by compatriot Tim David at the start of his innings, opened his front leg and hit boundaries at will, collecting nine fours and three sixes in total.
Heinrich Klassen (80 not out) and Aiden Markram (42 not out) provided the late charge to take the hosts past the 250-mark.
The previous highest total was 263 for five, achieved by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) back in 2013.
Maphaka's nightmarish start to IPL
It was a forgettable day for the MI bowlers as all of them, barring Jasprit Bumrah (0/36), ended up leaking more than 10 runs per over.
SRH's 277/3 is the third-highest total in the history of men's Twenty20 cricket.
It was a nightmarish start to the IPL for the 17-year-old South Africa pacer Kwena Maphaka, who made the Mumbai Indians squad at the back of his exploits in the U-19 World Cup.
He leaked as many as 66 runs in his four overs. The left-arm pacer could not recover from Head's onslaught in his second over in which he conceded 22 runs.
Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad: 277 for 3 in 20 overs (Heinrich Klassen 80 not out, Travis Head 62, Abhishek Sharma 63; Piyush Chawla 1/34).
Highest team totals in the IPL (Top 5)
277/3 - SRH vs MI, Hyderabad, 2024
263/5 - RCB vs Pune Warriors India (PWI), Bengaluru, 2013
257/5 - Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS), Mohali, 2023
248/3 - RCB vs Gujarat Lions (GL), Bengaluru, 2016
246/5 - Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR), Chennai, 2010
Highest team totals in Men’s T20 cricket
314/3 - Nepal vs Mongolia, Hangzhou, 2023
278/3 - Afghanistan vs Ireland, Dehradun, 2019
278/4 - Czech Republic vs Turkey, Ilfov County, 2019
277/3 - SRH vs MI, Hyderabad, 2024
275/6 - Punjab vs Andhra, Ranchi, 2023