Highest Team Totals in IPL History: SRH's 287 in Indian Premier League 2024 and Other Top Totals
SRH recorded the highest team total in the IPL history when the orange army posted a 277-3 total against Mumbai Indians on Wednesday. Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, and Heinrich Klaasen were at their destructive best with the bat. Head set the tone by smashing an 18-ball fifty inside the powerplay.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have smashed the highest total in the history of the Indian Premier League, scoring 287/3 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on April 15. With this, SRH broke their own record of posting the highest team total in IPL history, bettering their previous effort by 10 runs. The Pat Cummins-led side had earlier scored 277 against Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders nearly broke it by scoring 272. Here is the list of the top 5 highest team scores in the IPL. Fastest Centuries in IPL History: Chris Gayle, Travis Head, Yusuf Pathan and Other Batsmen Who Dominate the All-Time List of Quickest Hundreds.
Sunrisers Hyderabad 287/3 Against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2024
Sunrisers Hyderabad have smashed a massive 287/3 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2024 on April 15. Being put to bat first, SRH rode on a 41-ball 102 from Travis Head and quickfire knocks from Heinrich Klaasen (67), Aiden Markram (32) and Abdul Samad (39). The 2016 champions also attained the record of hitting the most number of sixes (22) in one innings in the IPL.
SRH 277/3 vs MI in 2024
SRH recorded the second-highest team total in the IPL history when the orange army posted a 277-3 total against Mumbai Indians. Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, and Heinrich Klaasen were at their destructive best with the bat. Head set the tone by smashing an 18-ball fifty inside the powerplay. Abhishek was merciless against the bowlers while Klaasen and Aiden Markram completed the scoring for SRH, giving them a record-breaking total.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 263/5 vs Pune Warriors India in 2013
The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) now hold the record for the greatest team total in IPL history. In 2013, they scored 263/5 against Pune Warriors India (PWI). It was the same match in which Gayle struck an unbroken 175 at Pune's MCA Stadium, the best individual score in league history. RCB won that match by a whopping 130-run margin. List of Centuries in IPL 2024: Batsmen With Hundreds in Indian Premier League Season 17.
Lucknow Super Giants 257/5 vs Punjab Kings in 2023
The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) are in third place with a team total of 257/5 against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the IPL 2023. The PBKS scored 201 runs at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium in Mohali but ultimately lost by 56 runs.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 248/3 vs Gujarat Lions in 2016
The Chennai Super Kings are fifth in the list after failing to meet the 250-point threshold. Murali Vijay was at his lethal best in the game, scoring a century and leading his team to 246/5 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In that same game, however, Naman Ojha struck 94 for the Royals and Shane Watson 60 as the men in blue nearly chased down the mark, reaching 223/5 but fell by only 23 runs.
(With inputs from ANI)
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