Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) were involved in a run-fest when they locked horns with Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match No. 8 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Wednesday, March 27 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. The Sunrisers, led by Pat Cummins, won the match by 31 runs, but Hardik Pandya’s MI gave them an almighty scare.
After being put in to bat first, SRH scored 277 for 3 in 20 overs. Travis Head raced his way to an 18-ball fifty, after which it was Abhishek Sharma’s turn to smash a half-century off 16 balls. After they got out, the hulk-like Heinrich Klaasen came out all guns blazing.
Klaasen blasted an unbeaten 80 off 34 balls with 4 fours and 7 sixes. Barring Jasprit Bumrah, all the MI bowlers had an economy rate of above 10. 17-year-old Kwena Maphaka, who made his IPL debut, recorded figures of 4-0-66-0.
In their run-chase, MI came out with intent, playing shots all around the ground. After the 10-over mark, they gave themselves a fair chance of chasing down the target. But in the end, they only managed to score 246 for 5 in their quota of 20 overs.
Records broken in Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2024 clash:
523 – The SRH vs MI clash witnessed the highest aggregate ever in a T20 game. The previous highest was 517 in the T20I between South Africa and West Indies back in March 2023 at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. It was also the 5th time that over 500 runs were scored in a T20 match.
523 – The SRH and MI game witnessed the highest aggregate in an IPL match. The previous highest was 469 during the game between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) back in April 2010 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
246 – MI set the record for the highest team total while batting second in the IPL. They broke the record of RR, who scored 226 in 19.3 overs against Kings XI Punjab, now Punjab Kings, back in September 2020 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
246 – MI recorded their highest total in the history of the IPL. They went past 235 for 9 that they scored against the Sunrisers back in October 2021 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
38 – The SRH vs MI saw 38 sixes being hit, the most in a T20 match. 37 sixes were hit 2 times earlier. In 2018, 37 sixes were recorded in the match between Balkh Legends and Kabul Zwanan in the Afghanistan Premier League.
37 sixes were also hit during the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2019 match between Jamaica Tallawahs and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots.
38 – The SRH vs MI game also saw the most sixes hit in an IPL match. 33 sixes were hit 3 times in an IPL match, all involving CSK, against RCB in 2023, against RR in 2020 and RCB in 2018.
20 – Mumbai hit 20 sixes in their innings against SRH, their most in an IPL innings. They are second in the all-time IPL list after RCB’s 21 against Pune Warriors India back in 2013 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
