 "SRH shatter records in rapid run-chase against LSG")
Sunrisers Hyderabad chased down a below-par 166 run target against Lucknow Super Giants on Wednesday in IPL 2024. Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma were at the forefront of the quickfire chase at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Needing 166 to win, SRH cruised past the finish line in just 9.4 overs and with 10 wickets to spare. In the process, they became the first team to chase down 150-plus total in less than 10 overs in the history of T20 cricket.
A look at the numbers from the blitz:
62 balls remaining: SRH won with 10.2 overs remaining - the biggest such margin in chases of 150-plus runs in T20s. The previous biggest win was when Brisbane Heat successfully chased down 157 against Melbourne Stars with 60 balls to spare in the 2018-19 BBL.
167: SRH’s total is the highest by any team by the end of the tenth over in men’s T20s. The previous highest was Worcestershire’s 162 against Northamptonshire in 2018.
After SRH smashed 167 in 9.4 overs, the NRR changed from..
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 8, 2024
-0.065 to +0.406 for SRH
-0.371 to -0.769 for LSG #SRHvsLSG
107: SRH were on 107 at the end of the powerplay. It is the second highest in men’s T20s. The highest also belongs to SRH, when they smashed 125/0 against Delhi Capitals last month.
Impact Shorts
More Shorts146: SRH have now accounted for 146 of 1000-plus sixes in the ongoing IPL season, the most maximums by a team in any T20 tournament. The previous highest was 145 sixes by Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2018.
80: The difference in powerplay scores reveals the difference in the two sides. Batting first, LSG were 27/2 after six overs. SRH, meanwhile, were 107/0. It’s the largest difference in powerplay scores in IPL history
27 - LSG’s 27/2 in the powerplay was their lowest total in first six overs in IPL history
3 - Travis Head has now scored three IPL fifties while needing fewer than 20 balls. Delhi Capitals’ Jake Fraser-McGurk is the only other batter with three sub-20-ball fifties. Head has two 16-ball fifties, the joint fastest for Sunrisers in the IPL
Yes, not just IPL, SRH have chased the highest targets within 10 overs in T20 history - 166 in 9.4 overs.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 8, 2024
Next best -
Brisbane Heat chased 157 in 10 overs vs Melbourne Stars in 2019.
New Zealand chased 143 in 10 overs vs Sri Lanka in 2016.
In IPL, Kochi chased 98 in 7.2… https://t.co/RIGbOf7gPv
17.27 - SRH’s run rate in the 167 runs total was staggeringly more than 17 per over. It is the highest for a 150-plus partnership in the IPL, and the second highest in all T20s
2 - SRH have won two IPL matches now by 10 wickets when chasing a 150-plus target. The first came against Mumbai Indians in 2020
30 - Overall, SRH struck 30 boundaries from the 58 balls they faced. It included 16 fours and 14 sixes -the most in the first ten overs of a men’s T20 match. LSG, meanwhile, hit 16 fours and four sixes for a combined 20 boundaries in their entire innings. Head and Abhishek had more than that in the powerplay alone
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