Head's brilliance fuels Hyderabad's ascendancy to IPL's peak total

An explosive century by Travis Head and a halfcentury by Heinrich Klaasen were the highlights as Sunrisers Hyderabad SRH posted 2873 the highest total of the Indian Premier League IPL history in their match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru RCB at Bengaluru on MondaySRH has broken their own record of 277 runs which they posted against Mumbai Indians MI in this edition of the tournament itselfPut to bat first by Royal Challengers Bengaluru RCB openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma wasted no time in taking RCB bowlers to attack In the second over bowled by Reece Topley the Englishman was smoked for two sixes a four and overall 20 runs by the duoThough the next two overs saw SRH being a bit subdued Head smashed Lockie Ferguson for two sixes a four in the fifth over 50 came up for SRH in 43 overs 18 runs came off his overThe final over of the powerplay saw Yash Dayal being smashed all over the park for 20 runs including two sixes and a four by Head SRH was 760 in six overs with Head 52 reaching his fifty in 20 balls with three fours and five sixes At the other end Abhishek was unbeaten at 23Also ReadIPL games in Dharamsala to be played on newly installed hybrid playing surfaceThe carnage continued in the next over as Will Jacks spin became a victim of Heads cleanhitting including two sixes and a four 21 runs came from the seventh overTravis Head From playing for RCB Scoring against RCB RCBvSRH TATAIPL IPLonJioCinema pictwittercom1TDKCVU4Cjmdash JioCinema JioCinema April 15 2024With a huge six over Vijaykumar Vyshaks head SRHs 100 runs came in 71 oversTopley ended the 108run opening partnership with Abhishek removed for 34 in 22 balls with two fours and two sixes Ferguson took the catch at deep backward square leg SRH was 1081 in 81 oversHalfway through the innings SRH was 1281 in 10 overs with Head 86 being joined by the dangerous Heinrich Klaasen at number threeWith two successive boundaries off Vyshaks deliveries one through the backward square leg SRH reached the 150run mark in 112 oversTwo balls later Head smashed Vyshak for a four over long on to reach his maiden IPL ton in 39 balls with nine fours and two sixes Klaasen and Head made their 50run partnership in 23 ballsThe 57run partnership ended between the duo Ferguson got his first wicket for RCB and skipper Faf Du Plessis took a catch at midon to remove Head for 102 in 41 balls with nine fours and eight sixes SRH is 1652 in 123 oversRCB had Mahipal Lomror bowl the 14th over and he went for 18 runs including two sixes by Klaasen and some wide deliveries Klaasen smashed Vyshak for two fours and a six in the next over for a total 16 runs to bring up SRHs 200run mark in 15 oversKlaasen also reached his third fifty of IPL 2024 in 23 balls with two fours and five sixesFerguson ended his spell at 252 removing Klaasen for 66 in 31 balls with two fours and seven sixes Vyshak took the catch to remove Klaasen after he smashed two fours and seven sixes SRH is 2313 in 17 oversAbdul Samad was out next to bat He made an immediate impact by smashing Topley for three fours and two sixes in his over SRH reached their 250run mark in 183 oversIn the next over SRH equalled their highest IPL total of 277 runs SRH ended their innings at a massive 2873 with Samad 37 and Markram 32 unbeatenRCB bowlers leaked runs throughout the innings Ferguson was the pick of the bowlers with 252With agency inputs