549 runs and 81 boundaries: Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore tear up the record books, write their own | Cricket

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A high-octane Indian Premier League match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium made history. Monday night was a race festival and the fans gathered at the stadium witnessed something special.

Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bangalore players Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli welcome Sunrisers Hyderabad players after the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match in Bangalore, (PTI)
Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bangalore players Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli welcome Sunrisers Hyderabad players after the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match in Bangalore, (PTI)

The visiting team batted first Travis Headcentury of and Henrik KlassenFifty – 287/3 in 20 overs to record the highest total in Indian Premier League history. However, that was not the only record to be broken as RCB put up a brave fight in front of the mammoth task and scored 262/7 in return. Both teams scored the highest aggregate score in a T20 match – 549 runs.

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Meanwhile, the previous record was also held SRH But that time there was opposition Mumbai Indians And that match took place in the ongoing season of IPL as well – in reply to Hyderabad’s 277/3, Hardik Pandya and Co made 246/5 ​​and the match total was 523 runs.

Four of the IPL’s top five totals in an innings have come this season and we’re not even halfway through the league stage.

Highest number of matches in T20s

Sunrisers Hyderabad (287/3) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (262/7) – 549 runs

Sunrisers Hyderabad (277/3) and Mumbai Indians (246/5) – 523 runs

South Africa (259/4) and West Indies (258/5) – 517 runs

Multan Sultans (262/3) and Quetta Gladiators (253/8) – 515 runs

Middlesex (254/3) and Surrey (252/7) – 506 runs

SRH, who scored 277/3 against MI earlier this season, broke that record and hit 287/3 – the highest in IPL history. Meanwhile, he is still second in T20 history.

Highest total in T20 history

Nepal – 314/3 v Mongolia, 2023

Sunrisers Hyderabad – 287/3 vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2024

Afghanistan – 278/3 v Ireland, 2019

Czech Republic – 278/4 vs Turkey, 2019

Sunrisers Hyderabad – 277/3 vs Mumbai Indians, 2024

RCB lost the match but their fightback on Monday saw them top the list of highest T20 scores while batting second.

Highest scores in T20 while batting second

Royal Challengers Bangalore (262/7) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2024

South Africa (259/4) vs West Indies, 2023

Middlesex (254/3) v Surrey, 2023

Quetta Gladiators (253/8) vs Multan Sultans, 2023

Central Districts (248/4) v Otago, 2016

The batsmen on Monday took advantage of the short boundaries and hit the bowlers for fun around the ground to script another record.

Most boundaries in a T20 match

81 SRH vs RCB Bangalore 2024 (43 X 4s + 38 X 6s)

81 WI vs SA Centurion 2023 (46 X 4s + 35 X 6s)

78 Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators Rawalpindi 2023 (45 X 4s + 33 X 6s)

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