Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians in record clash; Heinrich Klassen, Travis Head star in 523-run epic

Hyderabad: Batting records tumbled as Hyderabad Sunrisers recorded a 31-run win over Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday with a record-breaking 523 total runs being scored in a Twenty20.

Hyderabad reached 3-277, the highest total in IPL history, after an electrifying unbeaten 80 off 34 balls by Heinrich Klassen. Travis Head (62 off 24) and Abhishek Sharma (63 off 23) set the tone with blistering half-centuries.

Hyderabad’s beefy total is the third highest in the history of men’s T20 and broke Royal Challengers Bangalore’s IPL record of 5-263 scored against Pune Warriors in 2013.

The teams combined to hit a T20-world record 38 sixes.

Mumbai’s top-order batters were ruthless in the run chase, reaching 3-150 by the midpoint of their innings before Hyderabad came back strongly through skipper Pat Cummins (2-35) and Jaydev Unadkat (2-47) in the second half and restricted the five-time champions to 5-246.

Rohit Sharma (26) and Ishan Kishan (34) took Mumbai to 50 in the first three overs before both fell in successive overs while looking for big shots.

Top-scorer Tilak Varma, who made 64 off 34 balls, and Naman Dhir (30) then rattled an 84-run partnership before Unadkat and Cummins pulled the reigns with both batters miscuing their big shots. Tim David made an unbeaten 46 off 22 balls, but Hyderabad were always in control during the death overs in a game where bowlers were punished for plenty.

Earlier, 17-year-old South African fast bowler Kwena Maphaka made his IPL debut with expensive figures of 0-66. Maphaka’s countryman Gerald Coetzee (1-57) was also hit as Hyderabad batters dominated the quicks from the outset.