In T20 cricket, powerplay is a very important part of every team. As powerplay runs for the first six overs of a T20I innings, where only two fielders are allowed outside the 30-yard circle, it is the best chance for the batters to score many runs through the big shots.
Indian Premier League or IPL is one of the top-class tournaments in the T20 cricket world. While the IPL is producing many great T20 cricket records, one of its records is thrashing powerplays. In this article, we are going through the highest powerplay scores in IPL history.
Top 5 Highest Powerplay Scores in IPL history
The highest powerplay score in IPL history is 125/0 by Sunrisers Hyderabad against Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024. This remarkable feat came in the first six overs, featuring a blistering 13 fours and 11 sixes. Sunrisers Hyderabad holds the top two highest powerplay scores in IPL history.
5. SRH - 105/0, SunRisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings, IPL 2026
While New Chandigarh hosted the match, SunRisers Hyderabad were sent to bat first, who started the game with 105/0 at the end of the powerplay. Opener Abhishek Sharma slammed an 18-ball fifty, while he and his opening partner Travis Head hit 10 fours and eight sixes in the powerplay. There were also eight extras during the powerplay, while the opening partnership was stretched to 120 runs in 8.1 overs. While the start guided SRH to manage the first innings total of 219/6 in 20 overs, hosts Punjab Kings chased down the target in 18.5 overs after losing four wickets.
4. KKR - 105/0, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2017
Chasing 159, Kolkata Knight Riders sprung a surprise by opening with Sunil Narine with Chris Lynn. Lynn scored 14 runs in the first over and another 14 in the third, and then Narine smashed the fourth over for 26. By the end of the Powerplay, Narine had reached his fifty, while Lynn was on 49. The score of 105 was then a record for the highest powerplay in not just the IPL but all Twenty20 matches.
This was the same match in which Narine leveled the fastest ever (off 15 balls) IPL half-century.
3. SRH - 107/0, SunRisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants, IPL 2024
Chasing down the 166-run target, hosts SunRisers Hyderabad started to thrash the Lucknow Super Giants' bowlers from the early overs. The powerplay experienced three 20 or more runs and two more 17 runs as SRH scored 107/0 in six overs. At the end of the powerplay, while Travis Head scored 58 off 18 balls, his opening partner Abhishek Sharma scored off 18 balls. During the powerplay, the SRH openers hit 13 fours and eight sixes.
SRH comfortably chased the target in just 9.4 overs without losing a wicket as Sharma was not out on 75 off 28 balls and Head was unbeaten on 89 off 30 balls.
2. PBKS - 116/0, Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals, IPL 2026
Thanks to opener KL Rahul's historic 152 not out, hosts
Delhi Capitals scored 264/2 in 20 overs in the first innings. However, Punjab
Kings openers were furious in the chase by providing a stormy start of 116/0 at
the end of the first six overs. Openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran
Singh both produced fiery batting, as they jointly produced nine fours and 10 sixes during the powerplay. Later, captain Shreyas Iyer also played a powerful knock, as PBKS successfully chased the target to set a new record for the highest IPL chase.
1. SRH - 125/0, SunRisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals, IPL 2024
While SRH batters were dominant and aggressive during the IPL 2024, they set another unforgettable powerplay dominance moment during their match against the hosts Delhi Capitals. After they were sent to bat first, SRH set the record of the highest powerplay score in IPL scoring 125/0 in the first six overs, thanks to 13 fours and 11 sixes. SRH recorded only five dot balls in that powerplay apart from six singles. Opener Travis Head completed his fifty in just 16 balls. Meanwhile, before losing his wicket just after the powerplay, another opener Abhishek Sharma scored 46 off 12 balls.
While SRH scored 266/7 in 20 overs, Delhi Capitals were all out for 199 runs.
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