IPL 2024: Record-breaking Sunrisers Hyderabad seal victory over Royal Challengers Bengaluru
A total of 549 runs were scored between the two teams, making it the most ever in a Twenty20 match.
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The second-highest ever total by a team Twenty20 cricket, the highest-ever total in the Indian Premier League history, the most number of boundaries (fours and sixes) scored in a single IPL match (81) and the highest aggregate of runs scored (549) in T20 cricket.
These are just a few of the records set in what was an incredible night for the batters of both teams, and a night to forget for the bowlers. Eventually it was the Sunrisers Hyderabad, who scored 287/3 and came up with a 25-run win over the Royal Challengers Bengaluru – who scored 262/7 – at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday in the 2024 IPL.
Put in to bat first, Hyderabad batters Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma blasted 108 runs in the opening partnership. Head would go on to score his first IPL century off 39 balls while Sharma was an able partner in his knock of 34 off 22 balls. Heinrich Klassen’s half-century along with cameos from Abdul Samad and Aiden Markram helped Hyderabad to break their own IPL record for most runs by a team to post yet another record total.
The chase began well for the home side with an 80-run partnership between openers Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli....
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