Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) reprised their outrageously high-scoring ways of Indian Premier League 2024, as they notched up a monstrous 278-run total, the third-highest in league history, against Kolkata Knight Riders in Delhi on Sunday (May 25, 2025). The prime architect of this skyscraper was Heinrich Klaasen, who notched up the joint third-fastest century in IPL history, getting to the landmark in 37 deliveries. (Match Blog)
The marauding South African batter ended up with 105 not out off 39, as the Hyderabad-based franchise sent KKR on a leather hunt in what will be both teams' final game of the season. Klaasen is tied with Yusuf Pathan, who had blasted exactly 100 runs of 37 balls for Rajasthan Royals (RR) against Mumbai Indians in the 2010 edition, though in a losing cause.
Chris Gayle tops the chart with a 30-ball ton, en route his unbeaten 175-run blitzkrieg (off 66 balls) for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (then Royal Challengers Bangalore) against the now-defunct Pune Warriors during IPL 2013. The teenaged Vaibhav Suryavanshi is next in the list with his astounding 35-ball century this season for RR against Gujarat Titans.
SRH amassed 250-plus totals with alarming regularity in IPL 2024, and it is no surprise that the top four totals in the league are all registered by the Sunrisers. The highest-ever total of 287 came in an incredible runfest against RCB, wherein the two teams together clattered a record-breaking 549 runs.
The second-highest total is just short, at 286 for six against RR this season.
