In the eighth match of the IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad secured a 31-run victory over Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2024 match held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on March 27. After winning the toss, Sunrisers posted a record-breaking total of 277 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.
For SRH Heinrich Klaasen scored 80 runs, and Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head got 63 and 62 respectively. Mumbai Indians in response could only manage 246 runs, losing 5 wickets. For Mumbai Indians, Tilak Varma got 64 runs while Tim David got 42.
In this match, some milestones were created which are listed below.
- In this match, a total of 523 runs were scored by the addition of both the teams which is now a record in T20 cricket. Before it, 517 runs were scored in a match between South Africa and West Indies.
- In this match, the Mumbai Indians batter smashed 20 sixes while SRH got 18 under their belt. These 38 sixes are the highest for any men's T20 match.
- SRH 277 is also the highest score by a team in a single inning of an IPL match. Before it, Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 263 runs against Pune Warriors India back in 2013.
- Mumbai Indians did not achieve the target and stopped at 246 runs, however, they made a record with this and this is the highest run by an IPL franchise while chasing a target.