Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) had a great game in the Indian Premier League (IPL), after they set the record of 287 runs in 20 overs against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Those cracking 281 runs eclipsed their own record of 277 runs made against Mumbai Indians during the current season of IPL.
The SRH was in a class of its own with Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, and Abdul Samad leading the onslaught of 22 sixes and 19 boundaries from their bats, which set the game in motion for an incredible contest.
The game between RCB and SRH included many new records, such as the instatement of the second-highest number in the T20 cricket history, after the record of 314/3, held by Nepal against Mongolia in 2023, and the record of 278/3 set by Afghanistan versus Ireland in 2019.
The standard that S.R.H. has set currently in the IPL league is astral. They subsisted the highest score of 287/3 against RCB in Bengaluru and their preceding 277/3 against Mumbai Indians finishes as the second. Kolkata Knight Riders’ scintillating 272/7 off against Delhi Capitals in Vizag this season likewise breaks this weather.
Travis Head of the RCB team achieved a special landmark by whacking a hundred in just 39 balls, which is the fourth-fastest century in all the years of the IPL. The awesome list is toped by Chris Gayle’s thrilling century in 30 balls against the Pune Warriors in Bengaluru in 2013.
SRH proved their might by being the fastest team to reach 200 in 14.4 overs against MI in Bengaluru in 2024, further cements their badge of a team to reckon with in the cricket world. This feat takes the honor of the third-fastest 200 in IPL history with RCB going for 14.1 overs to achieve the target during the Bengaluru match against PBKS in 2016, which is the fastest record.
It has clearly become the breeding ground for this kind of milestones and records as SRH batsmen have smashed a record 22 sixes against RCB in Bengaluru in 2024, earning themselves the title of the top spot. When RCB pounded 21 sixes in the 2013 encounter in Bengaluru against Pune Warriors, the firework show stole the second most exciting position in the history of six hitting.
