Sunrisers Hyderabad piled up 278 runs for the loss of three wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday. This is the third highest score in IPL history, with the first two and the fourth highest scores all belonging to the same team.
Heinrich Klaasen smashed a 37-ball century and ended with un unbeaten 105 off 39 balls, including seven fours and nine sixes.
Opting to bat first, SRH got off to a flying start as Travis Head smashed 76 runs off 40 balls, including six fours and as many sixes. His opening partner, Abhishek Sharma, also scored 32 runs in quick time as the duo added 92 runs for the first wicket. Klaasen, batting at 3 today, continued the carnage and registered the joint third-fastest century in IPL history.
He got to the three-figure mark in 37 deliveries to tie the record by Yusuf Pathan in 2010 against Mumbai Indians. This was Klaasen’s second century in the IPL. Only Chris Gayle and Vaibhav Suryavanshi have scored faster hundreds than the South African batter in the IPL.
It was a tough day for Kolkata bowlers as every bowler leaking over 10 an over, with Varun Chakravarthy and Anrich Nortje even leaking more than 50 runs each.
Highest team totals in the IPL
287/3: SRH vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2024
286/6: SRH vs RR, Hyderabad, 2025
278/3: SRH vs KKR, Delhi, 2025
277/3: SRH vs MI, Hyderabad, 2024
272/7: KKR vs DC, Visakhapatnam, 2024
Heinrich Klaasen smashed a 37-ball century and ended with un unbeaten 105 off 39 balls, including seven fours and nine sixes.
Opting to bat first, SRH got off to a flying start as Travis Head smashed 76 runs off 40 balls, including six fours and as many sixes. His opening partner, Abhishek Sharma, also scored 32 runs in quick time as the duo added 92 runs for the first wicket. Klaasen, batting at 3 today, continued the carnage and registered the joint third-fastest century in IPL history.
He got to the three-figure mark in 37 deliveries to tie the record by Yusuf Pathan in 2010 against Mumbai Indians. This was Klaasen’s second century in the IPL. Only Chris Gayle and Vaibhav Suryavanshi have scored faster hundreds than the South African batter in the IPL.
It was a tough day for Kolkata bowlers as every bowler leaking over 10 an over, with Varun Chakravarthy and Anrich Nortje even leaking more than 50 runs each.
Highest team totals in the IPL
287/3: SRH vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2024286/6: SRH vs RR, Hyderabad, 2025
278/3: SRH vs KKR, Delhi, 2025
277/3: SRH vs MI, Hyderabad, 2024
272/7: KKR vs DC, Visakhapatnam, 2024
