Sunrisers Hyderabad’s highest score in IPL is 287/3, set against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on 15 April 2024 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. That total is also the highest team score in IPL history. But here is what makes SRH truly unique: the top four highest totals in IPL history all belong to them.
No other franchise comes close to that level of batting dominance. This list covers all five of their biggest totals, the players behind the carnage, and what turned SRH from a bowling-first team into the most destructive batting unit the IPL has ever seen.
Complete List: Top 5 Sunrisers Hyderabad Highest Scores in IPL
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| Rank | Score | Opponent | Venue | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 287/3 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Bengaluru | 15 April 2024 | Won by 25 runs |
| 2 | 286/6 | Rajasthan Royals | Hyderabad | 23 March 2025 | Won by 44 runs |
| 3 | 278/3 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Delhi | 25 May 2025 | Won by 110 runs |
| 4 | 277/3 | Mumbai Indians | Hyderabad | 27 March 2024 | Won by 31 runs |
| 5 | 266/7 | Delhi Capitals | Delhi | 20 April 2024 | Won by 67 runs |
SRH won all five of these matches. Not a single loss among them.
Three of the five came in IPL 2024. Two came in IPL 2025. All five are above 265. No other IPL franchise has even one total above 265 that is solely theirs.
The top four highest totals in IPL history all belong to SRH. That is genuinely unprecedented in the tournament’s 18-year history.
1. 287/3 vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Bengaluru (15 April 2024)
This is the highest score in IPL history. And it came at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, a ground where batters have always thrived.
What Happened
Travis Head scored 102 off 41 balls. He reached his fifty in 20 balls and his century in 39. It was the fourth-fastest century in IPL history at the time.
Head hit 9 fours and 8 sixes. He did not just score quickly. He scored everywhere, with shots that ranged from cover drives to scoops over fine leg.
Heinrich Klaasen then continued the assault with 67 off 31 balls, including 7 sixes. One of them sailed 106 metres, over the roof at Chinnaswamy.
Abdul Samad finished with an unbeaten 37 off 10 balls at the death. Aiden Markram added 32* off 17. The last two overs produced 46 runs.
SRH hit 22 sixes in the innings. That was also an IPL record.
RCB’s Response
You would think 287 would be enough. RCB almost made you think twice.
Dinesh Karthik scored 83 off 35 balls with 7 sixes. Faf du Plessis added 62 off 28. RCB reached 262/7, the highest score in a losing cause in T20 history at the time.
The match aggregate was 549 runs, the highest in any T20 match ever.
SRH won by 25 runs. In a match with 549 runs. Just another day in 2024.
Key Stats
| Player | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Head | 102 | 41 | 9 | 8 | 248.78 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | 67 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 216.13 |
| Abdul Samad | 37* | 10 | 4 | 3 | 370.00 |
Pat Cummins, the captain and a bowler by trade, summed it up perfectly: “Feel like I was a batter. Against Mumbai a few weeks ago, I thought it wouldn’t happen again, but it has happened again.”
2. 286/6 vs Rajasthan Royals, Hyderabad (23 March 2025)
The opening match of IPL 2025 for SRH. And they started exactly how they ended the previous season. With violence.
What Happened
Ishan Kishan, playing his first match for SRH after a big-money move, scored an unbeaten 106 off 47 balls. It was his maiden IPL century, and it came in his 100th IPL innings.
Travis Head got things rolling with 67 off 31. Abhishek Sharma added 24 off 10 in the powerplay. SRH scored 94/1 in the first six overs.
Klaasen, Nitish Reddy, and Aniket Verma all contributed quick cameos to push SRH to 286/6.
This was the first time in T20 history that all top six batters of a team had a strike rate above 200.
RR’s Chase
Rajasthan tried. Dhruv Jurel (70 off 35) and Sanju Samson (66 off 37) kept them in the game. But 287 was always going to be too many. RR finished at 242/6.
SRH won by 44 runs.
Key Stats
| Player | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ishan Kishan | 106* | 47 | 11 | 6 | 225.53 |
| Travis Head | 67 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 216.13 |
SRH started and ended IPL 2025 with totals above 275. That is a sentence no other franchise can claim.
3. 278/3 vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi (25 May 2025)
This was SRH’s last league match of IPL 2025. They were already out of playoff contention. But they still decided to put on a show.
What Happened
Heinrich Klaasen finally had his moment. After a stop-start season, he scored an unbeaten 105 off 39 balls, the joint-third fastest century in IPL history. He hit 7 fours and 9 sixes.
His fifty came in just 17 balls at a strike rate of 300. From that point on, he simply did not stop.
Travis Head set the platform with 76 off 40 balls. Abhishek Sharma added 32 off 16 in the powerplay. SRH scored 79 without loss in the first six overs.
Ishan Kishan contributed 40 off 29, and young Aniket Verma finished with a six in his 12* off 6. SRH scored 74 runs in the last five overs alone.
KKR’s Response
It was not even competitive. KKR were bowled out for 168. Jaydev Unadkat (3/24), Harsh Dubey (3/34), and Eshan Malinga (3/31) shared the wickets evenly.
SRH won by 110 runs. That is the largest victory margin in recent SRH-KKR history.
Key Stats
| Player | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heinrich Klaasen | 105* | 39 | 7 | 9 | 269.23 |
| Travis Head | 76 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 190.00 |
| Ishan Kishan | 40 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 137.93 |
Klaasen’s 269.23 strike rate is the highest ever by an overseas batter scoring a century in an IPL match.
4. 277/3 vs Mumbai Indians, Hyderabad (27 March 2024)
This was the match that started it all. SRH’s 2024 batting revolution began here.
What Happened
This was the first time SRH broke the all-time IPL record. Travis Head (62 off 24) and Abhishek Sharma (63 off 23) opened with 81 in the powerplay.
Abhishek reached his fifty in 16 balls, snatching the record from Head, who had just got there in 18 balls earlier in the same innings. They were literally competing to see who could score faster.
Heinrich Klaasen then took over with an unbeaten 80 off 34 balls. Aiden Markram added 42 off 22.
277/3 was the highest total in IPL history at the time, breaking RCB’s 263/5 from 2013, which had stood for 11 years.
MI’s Response
MI scored 246/5 in reply, which was the highest score in a losing cause in IPL history at the time. Tilak Varma (64 off 34) and Tim David (42* off 22) led the fight.
The match aggregate was 523, which was the highest in IPL history at the time.
SRH won by 31 runs.
Key Stats
| Player | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heinrich Klaasen | 80* | 34 | 4 | 7 | 235.29 |
| Abhishek Sharma | 63 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 273.91 |
| Travis Head | 62 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 258.33 |
| Aiden Markram | 42 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 190.91 |
Doug Bollinger for CSK in 2010, this was not. Kwena Maphaka, the 17-year-old MI debutant, conceded 66 runs in his four overs. That was the most by an MI bowler in IPL history at the time.
5. 266/7 vs Delhi Capitals, Delhi (20 April 2024)
The third 250-plus total by SRH in a single season. IPL 2024 was basically their playground.
What Happened
SRH broke yet another record. Travis Head (89 off 32) and Abhishek Sharma (46 off 12) scored 125 runs in the powerplay without losing a wicket.
125/0 in six overs. That was the highest powerplay score in IPL history.
Of the 36 balls in the powerplay, 13 went for four and 11 for six. The first over went for 19, and that turned out to be the cheapest of the six.
Shahbaz Ahmed scored a career-best 59* off 29 to push SRH past 260. Kuldeep Yadav fought back with 4/55 for DC, but by then the damage was done.
DC’s Response
Jake Fraser-McGurk smashed 65 off 18 balls to keep DC in the hunt early. DC scored 88/2 in their own powerplay, which would normally be excellent. But when you are chasing 267, even 88 in six overs is not enough.
T Natarajan bowled brilliantly in the death overs, finishing with 4/19. DC were bowled out for 199. SRH won by 67 runs.
Key Stats
| Player | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Head | 89 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 278.13 |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | 59* | 29 | 3 | 5 | 203.45 |
| Abhishek Sharma | 46 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 383.33 |
Abhishek’s strike rate of 383.33 in that innings is absurd. He faced 12 balls and hit 5 sixes. That is nearly one in six every two deliveries.
Players Behind SRH’s Biggest IPL Totals
Two names stand above the rest.
| Player | Opponent | Score | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ishan Kishan | Rajasthan Royals | 106* (47) | 2025 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | Kolkata Knight Riders | 105* (39) | 2025 |
| Travis Head | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 102 (41) | 2024 |
| Travis Head | Delhi Capitals | 89 (32) | 2024 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | Mumbai Indians | 80* (34) | 2024 |
| Travis Head | Kolkata Knight Riders | 76 (40) | 2025 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 67 (31) | 2024 |
| Abhishek Sharma | Mumbai Indians | 63 (23) | 2024 |
Travis Head appears in all five matches. He scored 396 runs across these five innings alone. His ability to set the tone in the powerplay is the single biggest reason SRH has transformed into a batting-first juggernaut.
Heinrich Klaasen features in four of the five. His role from No. 3 or No. 4 is to come in and destroy whatever is left of the bowling attack. Two centuries and an 80* in these five games tell you everything.
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which is also the all-time highest team total in IPL history. SRH own four of the top five highest team totals in the tournament. Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, and Abhishek Sharma have been the architects of this batting revolution.
With IPL 2026 about to start and the same destructive lineup intact, the only question is how many more records SRH will break this year. The 300-run barrier in IPL? If anyone is getting there first, it is the Orange Army.
