The SunRisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians IPL 2024 match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Wednesday was a real run-fest. The surface was so conducive to batting that even bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah and Pat Cummins leaked runs. Both SRH and MI together scored a total of 523 runs in the match. A record 38 sixes were plundered in the match and it was the first time that 500 runs were scored in a T20 match. While commenting on the game, out-of-favour Pakistan pacer Junaid Khan mocked IPL for the kind of surface provided and the size of the boundaries.
“Flat pitches, small boundaries, fast outfield. This is called IPL. A target of 278,” the player wrote on X after SRH posted 277 for 3 – the highest total in IPL history – batting first.
Flat pitches, small boundaries, fast outfield. This is called IPL
A target of 278 #MIvsSRH #IPL2024– Junaid Khan (@JunaidkhanREAL) March 27, 2024
Chasing the mammoth total, MI threatened SRH with some excellent batting but ultimately fell short by 31 runs.
“The credit goes to the wicket. 523 runs in just 40 overs with only 8 wickets fallen.
Is this real cricket or is it stick cricket??” Junaid wrote in another post.
The credit goes to the wicket. 523 runs in just 40 overs with only 8 wickets fallen.
Is this real cricket or is it stick cricket??#MIvsSRH#IPL2024
– Junaid Khan (@JunaidkhanREAL) March 27, 2024
Records tumbled as Sunrisers Hyderabad romped to reach the highest ever IPL total of 277 for 3 against Mumbai Indians before sealing a victory in a power-hitting match that left bowlers on both sides bewildered.
SRH opener Travis Head (62 off 24) and number three Abhishek Sharma (63 off 23) put on a sensational display of power-hitting that saw the latter snatch the franchise record for fastest fifty from the Australian within minutes.
Heinrich Klaasen (80 not out from 34 balls) eventually provided the fireworks and helped SRH break an eleven-year-old record.
The previous highest total in IPL was 263 for five achieved by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013. It was also the highest total recorded in a T20 competition.
Mumbai bowlers were left shell-shocked by SRH’s six-hit onslaught, but their batters came out with a goal and wrapped up what looked like a one-way match during the innings break.
They eventually finished at 246 for five in 20 overs.
(With PTI inputs)
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