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Sunrisers Hyderabad team, batting first in the match against Delhi Capitals, scored 266 runs losing seven wickets in 20 overs. Sunrisers Hyderabad's openers gave a blazing start to the team at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. There was a partnership of 131 runs for the first wicket between Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma. Both of them had crossed the 100-run mark in just five overs, which was the first time in the history of IPL. Sunrisers Hyderabad has scored 250 plus for the third time in franchise cricket.
In IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad team has scored the highest score in the history of the tournament twice. Hyderabad scored 287 runs losing three wickets in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, which is the highest score in the history of IPL. Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad had scored 277 runs by losing three wickets against Mumbai Indians. On Saturday, Hyderabad team scored 266 runs losing 7 wickets against Delhi Capitals. Sunrisers Hyderabad team has become the first team to score 250 plus scores most times in a season.
Surrey holds the record for scoring the highest score of 250 plus in franchise T20 cricket. The team has achieved this feat thrice. Hyderabad has equaled his record. Head scored 89 runs in 32 balls with the help of 11 fours and six sixes, while Abhishek scored 46 runs in just 12 balls with the help of two fours and six sixes.
In the presence of these two, Sunrisers completed the fastest century in IPL history in five overs and then scored a record 125 runs in the powerplay. Both of them hit 10 sixes and the same number of fours in the first six overs. Shahbaz Ahmed played an unbeaten inning of 59 runs in 29 balls in the last overs, taking the team to 266 runs, which is the fourth highest score in IPL history.
Highest score in IPL
287/3 – SRH vs RCB Bengaluru 2024
277/3 – SRH vs MI Hyderabad 2024
272/7 – KKR vs DC Vizag 2024
266/7 – SRH vs DC, Delhi, today*
263/5 – RCB vs PWI Bengaluru 2013
263/7-RCB vs SRH Bengaluru 2013
Highest 250+ total in franchise T20 cricket
3 – Surrey
3 – Sunrisers Hyderabad*
2 – Somerset
2 – Yorkshire
2- RCB