Records have been smashed as the Indian Premier League witnessed its “craziest night”.
Aussie freak Travis Head has blown the cricket world away on a night described as the “craziest” the IPL has ever seen.Sunrisers Hyderabad posted 277-3 for the highest-ever IPL total and went on to beat Mumbai Indians by 31 runs in a six-hitting festival on Wednesday.
Mumbai replied strongly in the match which witnessed 38 sixes for another IPL record, bettering the 33 hits over the fence clubbed three times in earlier seasons. Left-handed Tilak Varma stood out with his 64 in 34 balls for Mumbai but the effort was not enough on a batting-friendly pitch in veteran batsman Rohit Sharma’s 200th IPL match.
It was records galore as the match also featured the highest run aggregate of 523 runs in 17 years of the IPL.Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins was the best of the bowlers with 2-35 in his four overs of pace, leading his side to their first win of the season and said “it was an amazing game”.
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