Sunrisers Hyderabad added another chapter to their storied journey in the Indian Premier League after they racked up 278/3 during Match 68 of the 2025 edition of the IPL against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. This was the third-highest total registered by a team in the 18-season long history of the marquee tournament up until now.
A historic unbeaten 105-run knock off 39 deliveries by Heinrich Klaasen powered the Orange Army to the colossal total. His innings comprised seven fours and nine sixes. Travis Head (76 off 40) provided a blazing start to the runners-up of the previous edition. Abhishek Sharma (32 off 16), Ishan Kishan (29 off 20), and Aniket Verma (12* off six) were the other contributors.
Below are the highest totals set by teams in IPL history:
| Score | Team | Innings | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| 287/3 | SRH | 1 | RCB | Bengaluru | 15/04/24 |
| 286/6 | SRH | 1 | RR | Hyderabad | 23/03/25 |
| 278/3 | SRH | 1 | KKR | Delhi | 25/05/25 |
| 277/3 | SRH | 1 | MI | Hyderabad | 27/03/24 |
| 272/7 | KKR | 1 | DC | Visakhapatnam | 03/04/24 |
The highest-successful chase up until now is KKR’s 261/6 which was tracked down by PBKS (262/2 in 18.4 overs) at the Eden Gardens on April 26, 2024 on the back of Jonny Bairstow (108* off 48) and Shashank Singh’s (68* off 28) knocks.
Meanwhile, the IPL 2025 clash between KKR and SRH is an inconsequential one as both sides have been eliminated from the race to the playoffs. Ahead of the game, SRH and KKR secured five wins each in the 13 games played.
Klaasen becomes joint third-fastest centurion in IPL history
SRH and KKR also had the misfortune of having to share points twice and once, respectively. Notably, KKR possess a much better net run rate than SRH (+0.193 vs -0.737). KKR won the previous encounter against SRH by 80 runs in April last month.
