| Indian Premier League, Bengaluru |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 287-3 (20 overs): Head 102 (41), Klaasen 67 (31) |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru 262-7 (20 overs): Karthik 83 (35) |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad gained by 25 runs |
| Scorecard. Desk. |
Sunrisers Hyderabad broke the document for the best Indian Premier League whole for the second time this season by posting 287-3 in opposition to Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
It was the second-highest rating in a males’s T20 and the best in a franchise match.
The match ended because the highest-scoring T20 with RCB dropping by simply 25 runs.
They ended on 262-7 after a outstanding 35-ball 83 at quantity six by Dinesh Karthik, though a win at all times appeared unlikely given a required scoring charge of greater than 20 within the final 5 overs.
England all-rounder Will Jacks was run out backing up for seven in RCB’s chase, having earlier bowled three wicketless overs which value 32.
His worldwide team-mate Reece Topley returned figures of 1-68 from his 4 overs for RCB – the third costliest in an IPL match.
Australia worldwide Head hit 9 fours and eight sixes – first placing on 108 with Abhishek Sharma for the opening wicket.
Abhishek was dismissed by Topley however Head continued and reached his century in 39 balls, making it the fourth-fastest in IPL historical past.
He skied a catch to mid-off off Lockie Ferguson within the thirteenth over, however Heinrich Klaasen struck seven sixes in a 31-ball 67, Aiden Markram added an unbeaten 32 from 17 balls and Abdul Samad made 37 not out from 10.
The Sunrisers whole has solely been bettered in males’s T20s by Nepal, who scored 314-3 in opposition to Mongolia final 12 months.
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