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Last Updated: March 27, 2024, 23:22 IST
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The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)-Mumbai Indians (MI) contest in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday, broke the record for most sixes in an IPL match.
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With 38 maximums in the SRH vs MI match, the two teams overtook Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) clash back in 2018, Rajasthan Royals (RR) against CSK in 202 and RCB vs CSK in 2023 – all produced total of 33 sixes.
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Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad smashed 277/3 to register the highest total in IPL history as it was raining sixes with 18 hits over the fence in 20 overs of SRH’s innings.
Travis Head (62 off 24) and Abhishek Sharma (63 off 23) came up with a sensational display of power-hitting, that saw the latter snatching the franchise record for the fastest fifty from the Australian within minutes.
Heinrich Klaasen (80 not out off 34 balls) provided the fireworks in the end to help SRH break an 11-year-old record. The previous highest total in IPL was 263 for five achieved by Royal Challengers Bangalore back in 2013.
Head, who was surprisingly left out of the playing eleven for the opening game, reinforced his status as one of the most dangerous batters in the game with a whirlwind effort.
He broke David Warner’s record of the fastest fifty by an SRH batter with an 18-ball half-century before Sharma surpassed Head’s feat 20 balls later by reaching the milestone in 16 balls.
(With inputs from Agencies)