Records tumbled left-right and centre as Sunrisers Hyderabad smashed 277 for 3, the best whole in IPL historical past, to go away Mumbai Indians shell shocked on Wednesday. Travis Head (62 off 24) and Abhishek Sharma (63 off 23) got here up with a sensational show of power-hitting, that noticed the latter snatching the franchise file for quickest fifty from the Australian inside minutes. Heinrich Klaasen (80 not out off 34 balls) supplied the fireworks in the long run to assist SRH break an 11-year-old file. The earlier highest whole in IPL was 263 for 5 achieved by Royal Challengers Bangalore again in 2013.

It was raining fours and sixes all through the innings as Head and Sharma toyed with the Mumbai Indians assault.

Head, who was surprisingly neglected of the enjoying eleven for the opening sport, bolstered his standing as some of the harmful batters within the sport with a whirlwind effort.

He broke David Warner‘s file of the quickest fifty by a SRH batter with a 18-ball half-century earlier than Sharma surpassed Head’s feat 20 balls later by reaching the milestone in 16 balls.

Head, who was dropped by compatriot Tim David initially of his innings, opened his entrance leg and hit boundaries at will, accumulating 9 fours and three sixes in whole.

The southpaw accomplished his fifty with an inside out 4 large of mid-off earlier than dispatching a bouncer from Gerald Coetzee for a six over deep midwicket, prompting opposition skipper Hardik Pandya to acknowledge the Australian’s brutal assault.

When Head departed, Sharma went hammer and tongs, principally concentrating on the cow nook area for his seven sixes and three boundaries.

It was a nightmarish begin to the IPL for the 17-year-old South Africa pacer Kwena Maphaka, who made the Mumbai Indians squad behind his exploits within the U-19 World Cup.

He leaked as many as 66 runs in his 4 overs. The left-arm pacer couldn’t get well from Head’s onslaught in his second over wherein he conceded 22 runs.

With nearly all of the Mumbai bowlers taken to the cleaners, it was shocking that Mumbai Indians skipper Pandya waited until the thirteenth over to provide Jasprit Bumrah his second over.

Following Sharma’s dismissal, the in-form Klaasen ensured there was no stopping to the SRH’s six hitting spree. Klaasen ended up with seven sixes with the utmost off a Bumrah bouncer standing out.

Klaasen had virtually taken SRH over the road together with his breathtaking knock towards KKR on the Eden Gardens.

Former skipper Aiden Markram chipped in 42 off 28 balls.

However, SunRisers Hyderabad’s 277/3 is just not the best rating within the shortest format.

Highest staff totals within the format (T20I and T20 mixed)
1. Nepal 314/3 vs Mongolia, 2023
2. Afghanistan 278/3 vs Ireland, 2019
3. Czech Rep. 278/4 vs Turkey, 2019
4. SunRisers Hyderabad 277/3 vs Mumbai Indians, 2024
5. Punjab 275/6 vs Andhra, 2023