In a thrilling match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), records were broken as SRH hit the most sixes in an inning. The Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) is currently underway. The match took place at the crowded M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, where the top-order batsmen for SRH unleashed a barrage of boundaries and towering sixes that left the opposition reeling and the crowd in a frenzy.
SRH maintained their aggressive strategy after being asked to bat first, as openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma attacked the RCB bowlers nonstop right away. With eight maximums from Centurion Head and seven from Heinrich Klaasen, SRH destroyed an incredible 22 records. The innings also featured a total of 19 boundaries, demonstrating the 2016 champions’ dominance in the ongoing competition.
Before, during the game against the now-defunct Pune Warriors India in 2013 at the same venue, RCB had the record for most sixes in an inning with 21. A total of 20 sixes were hit in a single inning in three different matches that were tied for third place. These games took place in 2016 between RCB and GL, in 2017 between RCB and GL once more, and in 2024 between MI and SRH.
By scoring the most points in a single innings, SRH creates a new IPL record.
When Sunrisers Hyderabad played Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Monday, April 15, they shattered their own record by scoring the most runs in a single inning. They scored 287 runs, more than their previous best of 277 runs against the Mumbai Indians in the current Indian Premier League.
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Having been placed to bat first, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma led the SRH innings with a solid partnership of 108 runs. With the wicket of Abhishek for 34 runs in the ninth over, Reece Topley gave the home team a breakthrough. But it was not enough for RCB to take command of the game as the Australian showed off his skills with a spectacular innings of 102 runs off only 41 deliveries, which included eight sixes and nine fours. Additionally, he and Heinrich Klaasen shared a 57-run partnership for the second wicket before Lockie Ferguson removed them.
With just 37 deliveries, the seasoned wicketkeeper-batter scored 67 runs, including two fours and seven maximums. Meanwhile, SRH set a new IPL record with a massive total, with unbeaten efforts of 32 and 37 from Aiden Markram and Abdul Samad, respectively.
Most sixes in an IPL team innings:
| No. | Team | Total Sixes | Opposition | Venue | Year |
| 1 | SRH | 22 | RCB | Bengaluru | 2024 |
| 2 | RCB | 21 | PWI | Bengaluru | 2013 |
| 3 | RCB | 20 | Gujarat Lions | Bengaluru | 2016 |
| 4 | DC | 20 | Gujarat Lions | New Delhi | 2017 |
| 5 | MI | 20 | SRH | Hyderabad | 2024 |
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