SRH smash the highest IPL score, break RCB's record: Stats
Sunrisers Hyderabad smashed a mammoth 277/3 in 20 overs versus Mumbai Indians in match number 8 of the Indian Premier League season. With this score, SRH have posted the highest team total in IPL history. They broke the previous best record of 263/5 by Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Pune Warriors in 2013. Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen hit their respective half-centuries.
Decoding the highest team totals in IPL
277/3 - SRH vs MI, Hyderabad, 2024; 263/5 - RCB vs PWI, Bengaluru, 2013; 257/5 - LSG vs PBKS, Mohali, 2023; 248/3 - RCB vs GL, Bengaluru, 2016; 246/5 - CSK vs RR, Chennai, 2010.
Highest T20 score by a franchise
As per ESPNcricinfo, SRH's 277/3 is now the fourth-highest score in T20 cricket history. Nepal's 314/3 versus Mongolia is the highest team total. Afghanistan's 278/3 and the Czech Republic's 278/4 follow suit. Notably, all three of these scores have come in T20Is. SRH's score is now the highest (non T20Is) in domestic or franchise-based cricket. They broke Punjab's 275/6 versus Andhra in SMAT 2017.
SRH smash these records
SRH's 81/1 in the powerplay overs (1-6) is now their best tally. Head scored 62 from 24 balls. His unbeaten 59 in the powerplay is the second-highest score by an SRH batter in this phase. SRH were 148/2 after 10 overs. This is now the highest team score after 10 overs of an IPL match. SRH smashed 75 runs in the final five overs.
SRH batters thwart MI
Head smashed an 18-ball fifty, clobbering nine fours and three sixes in his 62-run effort. Abhishek hit a 16-ball fifty, becoming SRH's fastest half-centurion in IPL history. He clobbered three fours and seven sixes. Aiden Markram was unbeaten on 42 from 28 balls. Klaasen, who hit a whirlwind fifty versus KKR, finished on an unbeaten 34-ball 80. He smashed four fours and seven maximums.
