The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) opening pair of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma continued their rampage through the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, posting the very best powerplay whole within the historical past of the competitors and rewriting different report books as effectively. DC’s return to their house area, Arun Jaitley Stadium, was by no means candy and was memorable for all of the flawed causes. Proper from ball one, opener Head-Abhishek smashed fours and sixes left and proper, regardless of the bowler. After demolishing Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) with 250-plus totals of 277 and 287 runs respectively, which went on to turn into the very best rating in IPL historical past, the Aussie-Indian pair laid down basis for one more large rating. SRH ended with 266/7 of their 20 overs.
Head and Abhishek amassed 125 runs in simply six overs of their powerplay, the highest-ever powerplay whole in IPL historical past. They broke the report of 105/0 put up by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in opposition to RCB within the IPL 2017. That is additionally the very best powerplay rating within the historical past of T20 cricket. Travis ended the powerplay at 84 in simply 26 balls, making it the very best powerplay rating for SRH within the IPL by a single participant, outdoing David Warner’s 62 in 23 balls in opposition to KKR in Hyderabad again in 2019.
Travis reached his half-century in simply 16 balls, tying with Abhishek Sharma’s 16-ball fifty in opposition to MI on this season for the quickest fifty in IPL historical past for SRH. Rajasthan Royals (RR) batter Abhishek Jaiswal has a 13-ball fifty, the quickest ever within the IPL.
Head additionally reached his fifty for the third time season inside the powerplay itself. David Warner has repeated this feat six occasions in IPL, whereas Chris Gayle and Sunil Narine have achieved so thrice as effectively.
SRH reached the 100-run mark in simply 5 overs with an enormous six from Abhishek. That is the quickest crew hundred within the historical past of the IPL, outdoing the feat by the Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) reaching the 100-run mark in simply six overs in opposition to Punjab Kings (PBKS) within the IPL 2014.
On the finish of 10 overs, SRH was 158/4. Even supposing Delhi spinners Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav made a comeback with some fast wickets, they may not cease SRH from posting the largest whole in IPL historical past after 10 overs, outdoing SRH’s 148/2 in opposition to Mumbai Indians made not so way back.
SRH reached their 200-run mark in 14.5 overs, making it the third quickest occasion of a crew reaching 200 runs within the IPL. The quickest occasion was by RCB, who reached the 200-run mark in 14.1 overs throughout a 15-over recreation in opposition to Punjab in 2016. The quickest occasion of a crew reaching 200 runs in an IPL recreation of 20 overs can be owned by SRH, who did so in 14.4 overs in opposition to MI this season.
That is the third occasion of a 250-plus run rating by SRH in T20s, tying them with Surrey for probably the most 250-plus scores in T20 cricket. 22 sixes have been smashed on this innings, making it the joint most sixes in an IPL innings, equaling SRH’s report of twenty-two sixes in opposition to RCB, which got here lately on this season.
The 266-runs scored by SRH is the fourth-highest whole within the IPL. The Orange Military owns the very best ever whole as effectively, scoring 287/3 in opposition to RCB this season.
In six matches, Head has scored 324 runs at a median of 54.00, with a strike charge of 216.00. He has scored a century and two fifties, with one of the best rating of 102. He’s the second-highest run-getter within the event to date.
On the opposite finish, Abhishek has scored 257 runs in seven innings at a median of 36.71 and a strike charge of 215.96, with a fifty. His finest rating is 63. He’s the Tenth-highest run-getter to date.
Coming to the match, SRH was placed on discipline first by DC. Head (89 in 32 balls, with 11 fours and 6 sixes) and Abhishek (46 in 12 balls, with two fours and 6 sixes) placed on an explosive stand of 131 runs in 6.2 overs. Later, contributions from Shahbaz Ahmed (59* in 29 balls, with two fours and 5 sixes) and Nitish Kumar (37 in 27 balls, with two fours and two sixes) got here in helpful to take SRH to 266/7 of their 20 overs.
Kuldeep Yadav was the choose of the bowlers for DC with 4/55. Mukesh Kumar and Axar Patel additionally obtained a six.