Highest Team Scores of All Time in IPL (2008 – 2024): Most Runs in an Innings Totals

Indian Premier League Highest Scores: The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a short-format T20 cricket tournament known for exciting matches and explosive batting. Since its inception in 2008, the Indian Premier League has been the platform for the most exciting and highest-scoring cricket competition in the world.

IPL has always provided exciting and memorable moments for fans around the world as it features multiple top players from eight teams. High scores are not uncommon in IPL. If a team fails to score more than 200 runs due to some reasons, it is considered as a poor performance.

But sometimes teams go one step further and score huge totals that feel like they should be scored in an ODI match. Some of the most popular stadiums, Eden Gardens in Kolkata and M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, are known to be a batsman’s paradise and a bowler’s grave. Many teams have even chased targets of more than 200 runs in such stadiums.

Today, we bring you a list of the highest team scores in IPL history. Take a look at the highest totals recorded on the scoreboard in the history of IPL. From record-breaking partnerships to explosive batting performances, these scores showcase the best of T20 cricket and the incredible talent on display in the IPL.

SRH is the highest scoring team in the IPL with 287 runs in 20 overs.

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Highest scoring teams in IPL history

  • The highest total in IPL was created by Sunrisers Hyderabad who scored 287/3 in a single innings.
  • SRH also posted the third highest total of 277/3 against RCB.
  • KKR is currently third on the all-time list at 272/7 (KKR vs DC, Vizag).
  • This match was Hyderabad’s fastest fifty in the Indian Premier League but it was broken twice, first by Travis Head who scored fifty off 18 balls and then by Abhishek Sharma who scored fifty off 16 balls in just the first 10 overs.
  • RCB’s 263 is now second.
  • Currently, the third highest scoring team is Lucknow Supergiant. In the 2023 match against Kings XI Punjab, Lucknow Supergiant scored 257 runs in a loss by 5 wickets.

Highest scoring team in Indian Premier League final: Gujarat Titans (214/4) 2024

Gujarat Titans in 2023 set the record for the highest score in the history of IPL finals.

GT batted first and the score was 214/4. No one has ever chased a target of more than 200 runs in the history of IPL.

team

be opposed to

Fraction

season

Sunrisers Hotel Hyderabad

Royal Challengers Bangalore

277/3

2024

Gujarat Titans

Chennai Super Kings

214/4

2023

Sunrisers Hotel Hyderabad

Royal Challengers Bangalore

208/7

2016

Chennai Super Kings

Royal Challengers Bangalore

205/5

2011

Mumbai Indians

Chennai Super Kings

202/5

2015

Kolkata Knight Riders

King of Punjab XI

200/7

2014

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Sunrisers Hotel Hyderabad

200/7

2016

Punjab Kings

Kolkata Knight Riders

199/4

2014

Kolkata Knight Riders

Chennai Super Kings

192/5

2012

Chennai Super Kings

Kolkata Knight Riders

192/3

2021

Chennai Super Kings

Kolkata Knight Riders

190/3

2012

Another shocking statistic is the teams that have scored more than 200 runs in total in IPL:-

  • SMIC-28
  • Red Bull – 24
  • Mi-22
  • PBKS-21
  • KKR-19

You can check out the complete list of IPL’s highest scoring teams’ totals below.

team Fraction More than half Radio Regulations Hotels be opposed to ground Competition Date
Sexual and reproductive health 287/3 20 14.35 1 Critical control voltage Bangalore April 15, 2024
Sexual and reproductive health 277/3 20 13.85 1 Myocardial infarction Hyderabad March 27, 2024
KGI Securities 272/7 20 13.6 1 DC voltage Visakhapatnam April 3, 2024
Sexual and reproductive health 266/7 20 13.3 1 With DC Delhi April 20, 2024
RC 263/5 20 13.15 1 vs. Warriors Bangalore April 23, 2013
RC 262/7 20 13.1 2 Sexual and reproductive health Bangalore April 15, 2024
Leicester 257/5 20 12.85 1 vs. Punjab Kings Mohali April 28, 2023
RC 248/3 20 12.4 1 vs. Gudje Lions Bangalore May 14, 2016
Central creatine kinase 246/5 20 12.3 1 rate Chennai April 3, 2010
MI 246/5 20 12.3 2 Sexual and reproductive health Hyderabad March 27, 2024
KGI Securities 245/6 20 12.25 1 1 Kings Chapter 11 Indore May 12, 2018
Central creatine kinase 240/5 20 12 1 1 Kings Chapter 11 Mohali April 19, 2008
Central creatine kinase 235/4 20 11.75 1 v. KKR Garden of Eden April 23, 2023

Top five biggest scores in Indian Super League history

1. Sunrisers Hyderabad (287/3)

On 15 April 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad achieved a remarkable feat by breaking their own record for the highest total in the IPL, scoring a staggering 287 runs for three innings against Royal Challengers Bangalore. This staggering total is not only a testament to their batting prowess, but is also the second-highest score in the history of global T20 cricket. Only Nepal surpassed this monumental achievement of SRH in 2023 with a staggering score of 314/3 against Mongolia.

2. Sunrisers Hyderabad (277/3)

On March 27, 2024, SRH batsmen scored 277 runs for the loss of only 3 wickets, breaking one of the longest-standing records held by RCB. SRH batsmen Heinrich Klaasen, Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head and Aiden Markram broke RCB’s long-standing record of the highest total in the league’s history and rewrote IPL history. RCB held the record for more than a decade until Klaasen’s explosive performance in the last innings set the record for SRH. Klaasen, Abhishek and Travis all scored 50 runs and had a strike rate of over 200.

3. Kolkata Knight Riders (272/7)

Kolkata Knight Riders were unstoppable and almost equaled the record of Sunrisers Hyderabad as they beat Delhi Capitals in Visakhapatnam with a staggering score of 7 for 272. Among other notable performances, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Supergiants were the only other two teams to reach the 250-plus milestone in the IPL.

4. Sunrisers Hyderabad (266/7)

SRH’s batsmen launched a relentless onslaught, with Travis Head once again at the top of the order, leading the team’s fierce attack. In the stipulated 20 innings, they scored a total of 266 runs. The team reached the half-century milestone in the third innings, with Head scoring 50 runs in just 16 balls. They then reached the hundred milestone in just 5 overs, with their score at 125-0 at the end of the powerplay. Although Delhi Capitals initially made a brief resurgence, reducing Sunrisers from 131-0 to 151-4, Shahbaz took control. Led by his young and inexperienced partner Nitish Kumar, Shahbaz orchestrated a stunning outing. His 59 runs off 29 balls helped the team to an impressive total, establishing their dominance.

5. Royal Challengers Bangalore (263/5)

On 23rd April 2013, the much-loved Indian Premier League team Royal Challengers Bangalore scored a staggering 263 runs for the loss of just 5 wickets. RCL star player Chris Gayle alone contributed 175 runs and was not out. This is considered a respectable team score in the Indian Premier League. A few more overs and Gayle would have hit a double century in T20 cricket. Other RCL players like Tilakarat Dilshan, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers played supporting roles while Gayle’s name was etched in the history books forever. Pune Warriors were restricted to 133/9.

5. Lucknow Supergiants (257/5)

Lucknow Supergiant almost surpassed RCB’s almost unbeatable record by scoring 257 runs in 20 innings, losing only 5 wickets. LSG batted first against Punjab Kings and every player of the team entered the field and started to bat. Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran were MVPs, scoring 72 runs in 40 innings and 45 runs in 19 innings respectively. PBKS also batted well and would have won on any other day, but even after scoring 201 runs, they were 56 runs behind.

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Summing up

The history of the IPL has seen some amazing team scores. Teams have consistently pushed boundaries and set new records with their outstanding batting performances. The highest team scores in the IPL have been achieved through a combination of strategic planning, skillful execution, and sheer talent. While some of these scores were achieved in winning situations, others were achieved in losing situations, but they have all left an indelible mark on the IPL. From the early days of the tournament till now, several teams have etched their names in the annals of history by recording huge totals on the scoreboard. As the IPL continues to grow, it will be interesting to see if any team is able to surpass these incredible feats and set new benchmarks in future tournaments.

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