Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) nearly misplaced twice in lower than three weeks after scoring 270-plus within the 2024 version of the IPL however have gained on each events as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) finally misplaced the steam chasing down a report 288 on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. It was a run-fest of the very best order. As many as 549 runs had been scored, a report mixture for an IPL match and never many occasions do you see a group scoring 262 and find yourself on the shedding facet as Dinesh Karthik with 35-ball 83 saved going, simply did not surrender and finally ensured that RCB did not lose a lot on the NRR.
Chasing 288, RCB needed to go from the primary ball and each Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli did what was required. A 79-run powerplay, increased than that of Sunrisers Hyderabad, was an excellent begin. Nevertheless, in a recreation the place the required fee is round 15, it was nonetheless not sufficient and a wicket and simply 5 runs within the subsequent over from Mayank Markande was simply what the physician ordered for SRH however not for RCB.
Highest totals in IPL
287/3 – SRH vs RCB (Bengaluru, 2024)
277/3 – SRH vs MI (Hyderabad, 2024)
272/7 – KKR vs DC (Visakhapatnam, 2024)
263/5 – RCB vs PWI (Bengaluru, 2013)
262/7 – RCB vs SRH (Bengaluru, 2024)
Highest match mixture in IPL
549 – RCB vs SRH (287/3, 262/7) in Bengaluru, 2024
523 – SRH vs MI (277/3, 246/5) in Hyderabad, 2024
469 – CSK vs RR (246/5, 223/5) in Chennai, 2010
459 – KXIP vs KKR (245/6, 214/8) in Indore, 2018
458 – PBKS vs LSG (257/5, 201) in Mohali, 2023
Dropping Will Jacks within the subsequent over was the ‘it by no means rains however pours second’ for RCB given they had been depending on the English all-rounder to present the kick within the middle-order. Du Plessis accomplished a half-century and saved doing his work however he received no assist from the opposite finish. Markande eliminated Rajat Patidar after which got here the turning level of the innings, no matter what Karthik went on to do later within the innings.
Pat Cummins, who was the star within the 277 recreation vs Mumbai, was the star with the ball once more as he eliminated his reverse quantity du Plessis and left-hander Saurav Chauhan in the identical over to kill the sport there after which. Dinesh Karthik and Mahipal Lomror took a few overs to get their eyes in and by the point they began hitting, the required run fee was already 19.
Lomror did nicely, Anuj Rawat confirmed that he can do one thing at loss of life too and Karthik clearly did not simply surrender however by no means it regarded like that RCB had been able to overtake the goal and Sunrisers are actually within the prime 4.
Earlier, it was Travis Head’s maiden T20 century, the quickest by a Sunrisers Hyderabad batter and the fourth quickest within the IPL, that laid the muse of a monumental rating for the Orange Military. Head simply did not cease. He saved going for his photographs and all of it got here off and he reached his ton off simply 39 balls. Head received out within the thirteenth over, however he had executed his job. Over to Heinrich Klaasen.
Klaasen smashed a 22-ball fifty adopted by Abdul Samad’s 10-ball 37 that helped the Sunrisers publish a humongous whole of 287 runs, the very best in IPL and the second-highest in T20 historical past.
