Pat Cummins-led side made 277/3 in 20 overs
Sunrisers Hyderabad created history in the Indian Premier League. Because he recorded the highest ever score against Mumbai Indians on Wednesday.
The Sunrisers Hyderabad surpassed the previous record set by the Royal Challengers Bangalore, who scored 263/5 against the Pune Warriors India back in 2013.
After Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya chose to field first. Australia’s World Cup heroes Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma played an aggressive game by scoring 62 and 63 respectively.
Following their dismissals, Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen continued the onslaught against the Mumbai bowlers.
In the 2013 match, when Chris Gayle dominated against Pune Warriors in Bengaluru, it was mostly a one-man show. Although there were brief contributions from others. Gayle was the standout performer, scoring an unbeaten 175*, while the second highest score was 33. HD Live Sports
SRH, however, took the modern route to the record. It was a proper team effort as first Head, then Sharma and finally Markram and Klaasen all smashed the leather out of the ball. The lowest strike rate among those four was Markram’s 150.00.
Earlier, Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL match.
SRH made two changes, bringing in Travis Head for Marco Johnson. while Jayadeva Anadakta replaces T. Natarajan, who has a swallow.
MI made one change, handing Koena Mafaka his IPL debut at the expense of Luke Wood. Both teams are coming into the match after losing their respective openers.