Once again, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma played fearless cricket in SRH’s victory over LSG in Hyderabad. They have now moved up to 3rd place in the points table. They reached the target of 166 runs in an easy manner where both the batters slammed quick fifties. In this match, SRH decided to bat first but the slow wicket did not allow them to bat freely.
Head and Abhishek put their domination on LSG bowlers and led SRH to victory in just 9.4 overs on May 8, Wednesday at the Uppal in Hyderabad. Head smashed 89 runs off just 30 balls, while Abhishek stayed unbeaten on 75 runs. The Lucknow bowlers couldn’t find a way to stop them and some huge records were made by these batters.
List of records made by Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head in the match against Lucknow Super Giants
1) SunRisers chased down 166 runs in just 9.4 overs, this is the highest total chased in 10 overs in the history of T20 cricket.
2) SRH chased their target with 62 deliveries remaining, the highest number in a successful chase of over 100.
3) Travis Head hit the most fifty-plus scores inside the powerplay in IPL 2024 which is 4. David Warner holds the record for the maximum number of fifties within the powerplay which is 6.
4) Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head stitched a 100-run partnership in just 5.4 overs against LSG.
5) SunRisers scored 100-plus runs in the powerplay for the second time in IPL 2024.
6) Abhishek Sharma became the leading six-hitter in IPL 2024 with 35 sixes, 4 more than Travis Head, after hitting 6 sixes in the match.
SRH will now take on GT in Hyderabad on May 16, and then they’ll play their last match against PBKS just three days later.
