Bengaluru: Nineteen days after amassing the highest ever total in IPL, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) surpassed themselves on Monday evening.
Up against a struggling Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Sunrisers Hyderabad piled up a mind-boggling 287/3 in their quota of 20 overs.
SRH had posted 277/3 against Mumbai Indians at their home ground on March 27.
Interestingly, the top 3 totals in IPL history have all been notched up during the ongoing 17th season of the T20 league (see Lis
t below).
Opener Travis Head led the carnage, plundering 102 off 41 balls. The Aussie opener, who shared a 108-run first-wicket stand with fellow-southpaw Abhishek Sharma, clobbered 9 fours and 8 sixes.
After Head’s dismissal in the 13th over, South African duo of Heinrich Klaasen (67 off 31, 2×4, 7×6) and Aiden Markram (32 not out off 17, 2×4, 2×6) continued the assault on RCB bowlers.
Desi talent Abdul Samad, an exciting 22-year-old right-hander from Jammu & Kashmir, provided the icing on the cake with a 10-ball unbeaten 37 which included 4 fours and 3 sixes.
THE TOP FIVE IPL TOTALS
287/3 in 20 ovs — Sunrisers Hyderabad (vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru on 15/4/24 at Bengaluru)
277/3 in 20 ovs — Sunrisers Hyderabad (vs Mumbai Indians on 27/3/24 at Hyderabad)
272/7 in 20 ovs – Kolkata Knight Riders (vs Delhi Capitals on 3/4/24 in Visakhapatnam)
263/5 in 20 ovs – Royal Challengers Bengaluru (vs Pune Warriors on 23/4/13 in Bengaluru)
257/5 in 20 ovs – Lucknow SuperGiants (vs Punjab Kings on 28/4/23 in Mohali).