IPL 2024: SRH vs MI - Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Klaasen shine as Sunrisers Hyderabad shatter highest IPL total record

The weather forecast in Hyderabad didn't show any thunderstorms but it still rained sixes at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Wednesday.

The Sunrisers Hyderabad lit up the IPL with a power-packed batting display against the Mumbai Indians.

Playing his first game for SRH, Travis Head made MI bowlers look like headless chickens with a 16-ball half-century. He was dismissed for 64 but that didn't end Mumbai's misery.

Abhishek Sharma took over from there on and he too smashed fifty of 16 balls. Interestingly, those were the fastest half-centuries for SRH in the history of the IPL.

Hyderabad raced to 148/2 in 10 overs, which was the most runs scored in the first 60 balls in the 17-year history of the cash-rich league.

SRH then brought up their 200 in 14.4 overs, which is now the second-fastest 200 in IPL history. The record is held by RCB, who did it in 14.1 overs.

It was the Heinrich Klaasen show post that, as he tamed Mumbai with an unbeaten 80 off just 34 balls.

He stitched an unbeaten 116-run partnership with Aiden Markram as the Sunrisers shattered the highest-ever team total in IPL history and finished with 277/3. The previous best was 263/5 by RCB back in 2013.

Kwena Maphaka finished with 66 runs in 4 overs, which is now the most expensive figures by a bowler on IPL debut.