NEW DELHI: On a batting rampage this Indian Premier League season, unstoppable Sunrisers Hyderabad have already damaged the file for highest whole in league’s historical past twice.
When the franchise posted a mammoth 277 for 3 in opposition to Mumbai Indians final month, everybody anticipated the file to remain for some time.
However on Monday, Sunrisers produced one other epic efficiency with the bat, bettering that by making 287 for 3 in opposition to Royal Challengers Bengaluru on the Chinnaswamy.
The platform for the brand new highest whole was laid by SRH opener Travis Head (102 off 41), who fired the fourth quickest ton of the league, off simply 39 balls. To go together with that in-form South African Heinrich Klaasen additionally struck a breezy 31-ball 67.
The Australian, Head, after his unbelievable hundred, mentioned that the franchise now have their eyes set on crossing the 300-run mark.
“(Our whole) wants a 3 in entrance of it, does it now?” Head mentioned on the finish of the Hyderabad innings on Monday.
“We have got guys like Klaasen, (Abdul) Samad and Nitish (Kumar Reddy)… We have got some energy by means of the center, and we wish to preserve simply placing the foot down as a lot as we are able to.
“We all know that is not all the time assured, however in the mean time I feel we’re setting it up very well in every recreation and attending to the rating that we want.”
Within the historical past of T20 cricket, 300-plus whole have solely been achieved as soon as when Nepal put up a mammoth 314 for 3 in opposition to Mongolia throughout the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Video games.
SRH’s 287 for 3 is now the second highest ever whole in all of T20 cricket mixed — internationals and franchise cricket.
Afghanistan maintain the file of third highest whole ever, once they notched up 278 for 3 in opposition to Eire in a world fixture.
Former champions Hyderabad at the moment are fourth within the factors desk following their fourth win in six matches.
(With inputs from Reuters)
When the franchise posted a mammoth 277 for 3 in opposition to Mumbai Indians final month, everybody anticipated the file to remain for some time.
However on Monday, Sunrisers produced one other epic efficiency with the bat, bettering that by making 287 for 3 in opposition to Royal Challengers Bengaluru on the Chinnaswamy.
The platform for the brand new highest whole was laid by SRH opener Travis Head (102 off 41), who fired the fourth quickest ton of the league, off simply 39 balls. To go together with that in-form South African Heinrich Klaasen additionally struck a breezy 31-ball 67.
The Australian, Head, after his unbelievable hundred, mentioned that the franchise now have their eyes set on crossing the 300-run mark.
“(Our whole) wants a 3 in entrance of it, does it now?” Head mentioned on the finish of the Hyderabad innings on Monday.
“We have got guys like Klaasen, (Abdul) Samad and Nitish (Kumar Reddy)… We have got some energy by means of the center, and we wish to preserve simply placing the foot down as a lot as we are able to.
“We all know that is not all the time assured, however in the mean time I feel we’re setting it up very well in every recreation and attending to the rating that we want.”
Within the historical past of T20 cricket, 300-plus whole have solely been achieved as soon as when Nepal put up a mammoth 314 for 3 in opposition to Mongolia throughout the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Video games.
SRH’s 287 for 3 is now the second highest ever whole in all of T20 cricket mixed — internationals and franchise cricket.
Afghanistan maintain the file of third highest whole ever, once they notched up 278 for 3 in opposition to Eire in a world fixture.
Former champions Hyderabad at the moment are fourth within the factors desk following their fourth win in six matches.
(With inputs from Reuters)
