DC vs SRH, IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad created history as they brought up the fastest team hundred in IPL history during their match against Delhi Capitals on Saturday, April 20.
The crowd at the Arun Jaitley Stadium witnessed an unbelievable display of power hitting with openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma smashing boundaries for fun.
Both the batters smashed DC bowlers all around the park and brought up their respective fifties in no time.
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The visitors SRH completed their team hundred in just the first five overs after being put into bat first, surpassing the record of Chennai Super Kings.
Fastest team hundreds in IPL history (by overs taken)
5 overs - SRH vs DC, Delhi, IPL 2024*
6 overs - CSK vs PBKS, Mumbai WS, 2014
6 overs - KKR vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2017
6.5 overs - CSK vs MI, Mumbai WS, 2015
7 overs - SRH vs MI, Hyderabad, 2024
Notably, CSK had reached the 100-run mark in just six overs against Punjab Kings in IPL 2014.
The Pat Cummins-led SRH also registered an enormous record of the highest team score in the powerplay (first six overs).
They scored 125 runs without any loss of a wicket in the first six overs, getting past the record of Kolkata Knight Riders who had scored 105 runs in the powerplay way back in 2017 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Highest powerplay scores in the IPL
125/0 - SRH vs DC, 2024*
105/0 - KKR vs RCB, 2017
100/2 - CSK vs PBKS, 2014
90/0 - CSK vs MI, 2015
88/1 - KKR vs DC, 2024*
It is to be noted that SRH's score of 125/0 in the first six overs is also the highest powerplay score in T20 cricket.
Earlier, DC won the toss and opted to bowl first but their decision ended up being a nightmare for them as Head and Abhishek went berserk with their immense hitting ability.
They kicked off the action by smashing 19 runs in the first over of the innings bowled by Khaleel Ahmed and followed it by 21 runs in the second over.
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While Travis Head brought up his half-century in just 16 balls, SRH scored 22, 21 and 20 runs in the third, fourth and fifth overs respectively.
Abhishek missed out on the record of the fastest IPL fifty by a whisker and was dismissed for 46 in just 12 balls by Kuldeep Yadav in the seventh over.
He smashed two fours and six sixes in his entertaining knock.
On the other hand, Head had a chance to hit the fastest IPL hundred and looked all set to achieve that feat before Kuldeep struck again in the ninth over.
The Aussie left-handed batter was dismissed after smashing 11 fours and six maximums for his 89-run carnage in just 32 balls.