Sunrisers Hyderabad 277 for 3 (Klaasen 80*, Abhishek 63, Head 62) beat Mumbai Indians 246 for five (Tilak 64, David 42*, Cummins 2-35) by 31 runs

Sixes have been being hit for enjoyable. Runs have been flowing at a breakneck tempo. You would not be blamed for considering you have been watching a online game. But the carnage in Hyderabad noticed an 11-year outdated IPL document fall.

Never have been extra runs scored in a males's T20 match (523). Never have been most sixes hit in a males's T20 (38). At the top of the near four-hour six-fest, solely two bowlers returned with an financial system price of underneath ten an over.

The good Head-start

Head, in for Marco Jansen, continued from the place he had left off on his earlier tour of India. He was off the mark with a 4 off IPL debutant Kwena Maphaka, the 17-year-old who performed for South Africa on the Under-19 World Cup earlier this 12 months. Head motored alongside like a automotive that had just one gear - the very best. He was given a life when Tim David dropped him at mid-off off Hardik Pandya's first ball. But there was no wanting again.

Head smacked two fours and sixes every in a 22-run Maphaka over earlier than hitting two fours and a six off Gerald Coetzee in an over that went for 23 to finish the powerplay. Head had scored 59 off the 81 SRH made within the first six overs. In his subsequent over, although, Coetzee bowled a brief and huge one - the widest MI bowlers bowled to Head within the night - which the batter solely carved to deep backward level.

Abhishek reveals his mettle

Head's inclusion within the XI meant Abhishek needed to transfer down the order, and he walked in at No.3 after Mayank Agarwal fell within the fifth over. Abhishek acquired going with a pull off Coetzee after which meted out a particular therapy to Piyush Chawla, hitting him for 3 sixes in an over. That helped SRH notch up their 100 in simply seven overs, their second-fastest within the IPL.

Abhishek additionally tore into Maphaka's third over, hitting him for a sequence of 4, 6, 6, 4 to finish his fifty and snatch the document from Head. The key was how early he picked the size of the bowlers and went all-out. He hit seven sixes in his 23-ball keep for 63 earlier than heaving a half-tracker that Chawla fired in seam-up at 112.8kph straight to deep midwicket.

Heinrich Klaasen hit one other rampaging half-century•AP Photo / Mahesh Kumar

Klaasen, Markram add ending touches

Klaasen hit two successive sixes within the final over bowled by Mulani to go previous RCB's document rating. SRH added 63 within the final 4 overs to publish the third-highest complete in all males's T20s.

Mumbai lose the fizz

He whipped Pat Cummins' second ball over midwicket earlier than miscuing a pull to fall for 26 off simply 12. Only twice within the IPL has Rohit scored extra - 37 in April 2015 vs RCB, and 27 in May 2015 vs Chennai Super Kings - within the first 12 balls he confronted.