SRH vs MI IPL First Innings: The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad was a witness to one of the most explosive batting performances in IPL history as Sunrisers Hyderabad took on Mumbai Indians. Having won the toss, the home team SRH opted to bat first on a belter of a pitch. What followed was total mayhem as the SRH batters launched an unprecedented assault on the MI bowling attack right from the outset.
Travis Head led the charge with a blistering 62 off just 24 balls, providing SRH with their highest ever powerplay score of 81/1. He found able support from the other opener Mayank Agarwal as the duo took apart the MI bowling in the first six overs. Head’s ballistic innings was followed by equally ferocious knocks from Abhishek Sharma (63 off 23) and Heinrich Klaasen (84* off 29) as SRH went on to post a mind-boggling 277/3 in their 20 overs – the highest ever total in IPL history. The MI bowlers were left brutalized and drained as the boundaries kept getting peppered consistently by the rampaging SRH batting unit.
SRH vs MI IPL First Innings Highlights
Travis Head gives a bambastic beginning
Travis Head was the star of the innings, smashing a blistering 62 off just 24 balls. He got off to a flier, scoring 59 runs in the powerplay, which was the highest individual powerplay score for SRH. Head took the MI bowlers to the cleaners, hitting 9 fours and 3 sixes in his innings, with his 18-ball fifty being the fastest for SRH in IPL history. Being dropped in the first over Travis Head utilised the opportunity to hit a very fast fifty of just 18 balls.
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Abhishek Sharma goes big with 16 balls 50
Abhishek Sharma continued the onslaught after Head’s dismissal, scoring a whirlwind 63 off just 23 balls. His innings was laced with 3 fours and 7 sixes, and he brought up his fifty in just 16 balls, which is the fastest for SRH. This youngster from SRH has finally proved himself by smashing almost every ball. Almost destroying the young Maphaka.
Heinrich KLAAAAAASEN shows a KLAAAASY Performance
Heinrich Klaasen played a blazing unbeaten innings of 84 runs off just 29 balls to provide the final onslaught in SRH’s monumental total. Coming in to bat after Abhishek Sharma’s dismissal, Klaasen showed no signs of rustiness and took the MI bowling attack to the cleaners in the death overs. He started by smashing Shams Mulani for a six in the 11th over and then unleashed his brutal hitting against the pacers. Klaasen brought up his fifty off just 23 balls, making it back-to-back half-centuries for him. He was particularly severe on Gerald Coetzee, hitting him for two sixes and a four in the 17th over. Klaasen’s clean striking and his ability to find the boundaries at will propelled SRH to their eventual record total of 277/3. His whirlwind innings was studded with 9 fours and 7 towering sixes, as he made full use of the favorable batting conditions and a lightning-fast outfield. Klaasen’s 84* is now the highest individual score by a SRH batter in IPL history.
SRH vs MI Match 08 – First Innings Powerplay
- SRH scored an incredible 81/1 in the powerplay overs, which is their highest ever powerplay score in IPL history.
- Travis Head scored a blistering 59 runs off just 20 balls in the powerplay, recording the second-highest individual powerplay score for SRH in the IPL.
- Head hit 9 fours and 3 sixes in the powerplay itself, taking full advantage of the fielding restrictions.
- The opening partnership between Head and Mayank Agarwal was worth 62 runs in just 4.1 overs before Agarwal’s dismissal.
- Head took apart the young debutant Kwena Maphaka in his second over, smashing him for 6, 6, 4, 4 in an over that went for 22 runs.
- SRH’s run rate after the powerplay was a staggering 13.5, setting them up for an enormous total.
- Head brought up his fifty in just 18 balls, the fastest for an SRH batter in IPL history.
- The aggressive intent and clean hitting from Head and Agarwal put MI’s bowling attack under immense pressure right from the start.
SRH vs MI Match 08 – Death Over Performance
SRH batters absolutely teed off in the death overs, putting on an exhibition of brutal power-hitting that left the MI bowlers thoroughly shellshocked. The last 5 overs witnessed a relentless barrage of boundaries and sixes from the bats of Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen and Aiden Markram.
The MI bowlers had absolutely no answers as Klaasen (84* off 29) and Markram (41* off 27) went berserk, finding the boundaries at will to power SRH to their historic total of 277/3.