IPL 2024: 5 Highest Team Scores in IPL History

High-scoring contests have been a common occurrence in the Indian Premier League over time. The pitches in India have the ability to assist batters and sometimes favour them a lot more than the bowlers. It adds to the fact that the most lethal power-hitters in cricket are more often than not found in the IPL, playing for different franchises. 

The seventeenth season of the IPL is underway and the fans have already witnessed some high-scoring contest. However, the recently played match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru broke all the previous records in the league's history. Considering the kinds of scores we have already seen from the start of the season, we can expect a few more 200+ scores with batters getting hundreds or even 150s. As the 17th edition of the league is underway, there couldn't be a better time to look back at the highest team totals of all time in the cash-rich league. 

Top 5 Highest Team Totals in IPL History

5. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (262 for 7) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2024

In the tie against Sunrisers Hyderabad, the hosts Royal Challengers Bengaluru faced a showdown at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Chasing a target of 288 set by the Sunrisers, no one believed that RCB could come even close to SRH's total. However, the Faf du Plessis-led side practically had nothing to lose, as they kept sending the ball out of the park, right from the word go.

First, the openers Virat Kohli and du Plessis gave a solid opening partnership, as the skipper went shortly after scoring a half-century. Meanwhile, no other player from the middle-order managed to cross the double-digit mark, until the 38-year-old Dinesh Karthik arrived the crease.

Karthik had no option, but keep hitting big shots, as RCB attempted to come as close as possible of the target. Although the stumper-batter couldn't cross the line for his side, he unleashed an absolute beast mode to score 83 runs of a mind-boggling 35 deliveries. The Chennai-born departed when the scoreboard read 244/7 (18.5), however, Anuj Rawat's 14-ball 25 breached the 257 by LSG against PBKS to enter the top five highest scores in the cash-rich league.

4. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (263 for 5) vs Pune Warriors India, 2013 

Chris Gayle had come into the 2013 IPL having played some magical and dominating innings in the previous two seasons, having amassed 608 and 733 runs in 2011 and 2012, respectively. The left-handed opener walked in one afternoon in the Chinnaswamy Stadium and smashed the fastest T20 hundred of all-time, a record which stands till date. 

His first 50 runs came off 17 balls. He produced the next 50 runs off just 13 balls. By the time he had reached his 30-ball hundred, eight of those balls had gone for fours while 11 had sailed over the fence for sixes. He didn’t end there, he marched along for what was looking to be a first double-century in the format for the bulk of his innings.

Unfortunately, towards the end of his innings, he slowed down a little, ending with an unbeaten 175 runs off just 66 balls. AB de Villiers scored an 8-ball-31 cameo, which helped RCB finish with the highest-ever total in an IPL match. The now-non-existent PWI ended with 133 for 9 in their 20 overs, falling short by 130 runs, with each of the 6 RCB bowlers used contributing with at least a wicket to their name, with the big man from Jamaica scalping a couple of wickets in the final over of the match.

3. Kolkata Knight Riders (272 for 7) vs Delhi Capitals, 2024

The 2024 season of the IPL promised to be a run-fest with the 270-run mark being breached thrice in the first 30 matches. The second team to do so was the Kolkata Knight Riders who hammered Delhi Capitals at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam during Match 16 of the season.

The Delhi bowlers were mercilessly thrashed all around the park by Sunil Narine who played a blistering innings of 85 off 39 balls clobbering seven fours and as many sixes. He was well supported by youngster Angkrish Raghuvanshi (54 off 27), Andre Russell (41 off 19) and Rinku Singh (26 off 8) who propelled KKR to the then-second-highest total in IPL history of 272/7 in their 20 overs.

2. Sunrisers Hyderabad (277 for 3) vs Mumbai Indians, 2024

The 8th match of IPL 2024 witnessed a destructive batting performance from the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batters as the collective contribution from the SRH batters helped the team to achieve a massive total of 277 runs after losing just 3 wickets in 20 overs. Electrifying knocks from Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen were the highlight of the innings. 

MI won the toss and invited SRH to put runs on the scoreboard. Head gave a perfect start to the team and smashed his half-century off just 18 balls. He departed after scoring 62 runs off 24 balls which included 9 balls and 3 sixes. The run-fest continued as the youngster Abhishek achieved his half-century off just 16 balls and scored 63 runs off just 23 balls consisting of 3 fours and 7 sixes.

Klaasen took it over while Aiden Markram kept the one end safe. Klassen smashed 80 runs off just 34 deliveries which included 4 fours and 7 sixes. Markram played a responsible knock of 42 runs and stitched 116 runs with his Protea partner.

1. Sunrisers Hyderabad (287 for 3) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 2024

Just when RCB fans thought things couldn’t get worse for them in the IPL 2024, they faced the power-packed batting lineup of the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Match 30 of the season at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. The Pat Cummins-led side had already made a strong statement with their explosive batting performance against Mumbai Indians in Match 8 by posting the highest total in the tournament’s history. However, they were fully determined to break their own record on the batting paradise of Chinnaswamy.

Opener Travis Head continued his love affair with India scoring a breathtaking hundred of just 39 balls. A century (102 off 41) from Head, half-century from Heinrich Klaasen (67 off 31) and quick cameos from Aiden Markram (32* off 17) and Abdul Samad (37* off 10) helped SRH post a mammoth score of 287/3 in 20 overs. Notably, it was also the second-highest total ever in T20 cricket.

Highest team totals in IPL History

*Last updated on April 15, 2024