INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
It was raining records at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday with the hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
clinching a 31-run victory over Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match 8 of the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.Sunrisers& batting rewrote the
record books on a batting belter after the posted 277 for three.SRH now have the highest team score in the history of the IPL & beating
Royal Challengers Bangalore&s (RCB) 263 for five from the 2013 season.In reply, MI made a spirited effort, and at one stage, were contenders
to do the near impossible
In the slog overs, the enormity of the target proved a bit too much, and SRH clinched victory, but not without numerous nervous moments.To
put into perspective the carnage we witnessed & Heinrich Klaasen&s 23-ball half-century was the slowest fifty of the SRH innings.Travis
Head, playing his first match for SRH, raced to the milestone in 18 balls
Abhishek Sharma got there even faster & in 16 balls & to record the quickest fifty by an SRH batter in IPL history.While Sunrisers notched
up the highest total in the 16-year history of the IPL, just as incredibly, Mumbai Indians almost paid them back with the same coin, their
batters coming out with a nothing-to-lose attitude.The sixes kept rolling off the Mumbai bats too, helping them keep up with the asking rate
for most of the chase, eventually however, they ran out of steam and finished on 246 for 5, the highest IPL total in a losing cause.As
ESPNcricinfo reported, never were more runs scored in a men&s T20 match (523)
Never were most sixes hit in a men&s T20 (38)
At the end of the close to four-hour six-fest, only two bowlers returned with an economy rate of under ten an over.Thursday, March 28 :
Match 9Thursday&s match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur sees Rajasthan Royals go up against Delhi Capitals.Fans in Afghanistan can
tune in to Ariana Television to watch the match live from 6.30pm
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