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SunRisers Hyderabad Break Highest IPL Total Record; Travis Head Records Fastest SRH Century

During the RCB vs SRH match in Bengaluru at the IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad broke their own record of the highest IPL total record after Travis Head scored the fastest SRH century.

Sandipan Ghosh
Last updated: 15.04.2024
SunRisers Hyderabad/SRH (Image Credit: X)

While the IPL 2024 is experiencing massive batting records, SunRisers Hyderabad broke their record for the highest IPL total with another extraordinary batting performance against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Bengaluru on Monday (15 April) night.


After RCB captain Faf du Plessis chose to field first in the RCB vs SRH game, SRH scored 287/3 in 20 overs. SRH opener Travis Head recorded a 39-ball hundred and scored 102 runs in 41 balls (nine fours and eight sixes). Also, Heinrich Klaasen scored 67 off 31 balls (two fours and seven sixes).


Article Contents:

  • Fastest century for SRH
  • Total SRH centuries 
  • 4th fastest IPL century
  • Joint 4th fastest T20 century by an Australian
  • Highest IPL total
  • 2nd highest T20 total

Travis Head completed the fastest century for SRH  

Travis Head (Image Credit: X)
Travis Head (Image Credit: X)

  • By scoring a 39-ball century, Travis Head recorded the fastest century for SRH. The previous record for the fastest SRH century was a 43-ball hundred by David Warner against KKR in the IPL 2017.

How many SRH batters have recorded centuries?   

  • Travis Head became the sixth SunRisers Hyderabad cricketer to record a century.
  • After David Warner’s two centuries, Travis Head became the second Australian to record a century for SRH.  


 

Travis Head recorded the fourth-fastest IPL century  

  • The 39-ball century by Travis Head was the fourth fastest IPL century.

Top 5 fastest centuries in IPL history

Player (Team)

Balls faced to complete 100 runs

Opposition

Venue

Year

Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

30

Pune Warriors India

Bangalore

2013

Yusuf Pathan (Rajasthan Royals)

37

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai

2010

David Miller (Kings XI Punjab)

38

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Mohali

2013

Travis Head (SunRisers Hyderabad)

39

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Bengaluru

2024

Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers)

42

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai

2008

 

Travis Head recorded the joint fourth-fastest T20 century by an Australian  

  • With the 39-ball hundred, Head recorded the joint fourth-fastest T20 hundred by an Australian batter.

Top 5 fastest T20 centuries by Australians

Player (Team)

Balls faced to complete 100 runs

Opposition

Venue

Year

Andrew Symonds (Kent)

34

Middlesex

Maidstone

2004

Sean Abbott (Surrey)

34

Kent

The Oval

2023

Dan Christian (Nottinghamshire)

37

Northamptonshire

Northampton

2018

Craig Simmons (Perth Scorchers)

39

Adelaide Strikers

Perth

2014

Travis Head (SunRisers Hyderabad)

39

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Bengaluru

2024

 

SRH recorded the highest IPL total  

SRH recorded the second-highest T20 total  

  • SunRisers Hyderabad’s 287/3 became the second-highest total in T20 cricket history. The record is 314/3 (20 overs) by Nepal against Mongolia during the Asian Games 2023.

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