Saikiran Uppuluri
Saikiran Uppuluri
The high-scoring IPL encounter between SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Mumbai Indians (MI) will go down in history as one of the most explosive batting displays ever witnessed in T20 cricket. SRH’s mammoth total of 277/3 rewrote the record books, not only becoming the highest score in IPL history but also the fourth-highest in all T20 matches, eclipsed only by international totals.
SunRisers Hyderabad’s batters were in an unforgiving mood, shattering numerous long-standing records during their onslaught. Their blistering start of 81/1 in the powerplay was the highest score ever by an SRH team in the IPL’s powerplay overs. Abhishek Sharma etched his name in the history books with a blistering 16-ball fifty – the fastest ever by an uncapped Indian batter in the IPL. The team’s score of 148/2 at the halfway mark was another record, becoming the highest score ever in an IPL innings at that stage. In a rare feat, SRH had three batters – Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, and Heinrich Klaasen – scoring individual fifties in under 25 balls each, a first in IPL history.
The run-fest between the two sides produced a staggering 523 runs, the highest aggregate ever in a T20 match, breaking the previous record set in an international game last year. With bowlers from both teams brutally battered, a combined 38 sixes were hit – the most in any T20 contest. MI’s 246/5 in the chase is the highest-ever total by a team batting second in the IPL. This epoch-making clash will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the most explosive encounters in T20 cricket, with SunRisers Hyderabad’s batting pyrotechnics rewriting several long-standing records.
