In the eighth match of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024), the teams of Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians (SRH vs MI) are face to face. In this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad team decided to bat first. Batting first, the team has scored a lot of runs in front of Mumbai Indians.
The Sunrisers team has created history by setting the record for the highest score in an innings by a team in the history of the Indian Premier League. Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 277 runs losing 3 wickets against Mumbai Indians. With his mountain-like total, he has broken the record of Royal Challengers Bangalore. RCB had scored 263/5 against Pune Warriors in the year 2013.
The third highest total in the Indian Premier League is in the name of Lucknow Super Giants. Lucknow team had scored 257/5 against Punjab Kings in 2023. Royal Challengers Bangalore’s name again comes at number four. In 2016, RCB made a big score of 248 runs by losing 3 wickets against Gujarat Lions.
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Talking about the batting of Sunrisers Hyderabad, every batsman of the team batted stormily in the match against Mumbai Indians. For Hyderabad, opening batsman Travis Head scored 62 runs in 24 balls with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes. After Head, Abhishek Sharma also had a stormy innings with his bat. He played an inning of 63 runs in 23 balls with the help of 3 fours and 7 sixes.
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After this, Heinrich Klaasen also batted well in the end. He played a stormy unbeaten inning of 80 runs in 34 balls with the help of 4 fours and 7 sixes. At the same time, Aiden Markram scored unbeaten 42 runs in 28 balls. In this way the team reached a record total.