SRH vs KKR: The 68th match of IPL 2025 is being played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders today. In this match being played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, SRH, batting first, scored 278 runs for the loss of 3 wickets, which is the third highest total in the history of IPL. Travis Head and Heinrich Klassen played an important role in setting up this score.
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IPL 2025: Head-Abhishek gave the team a great start
IPL 2025: Playing first, SRH had a great start. The opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head batted in a stormy manner and added 92 runs for the first wicket. This pair was broken by Sunil Narine. Abhishek was dismissed after scoring 32 runs off 16 balls. However, after his dismissal, Heinrich Klaasen became the death knell for the KKR team. Head faced 40 balls and scored 76 runs with the help of 6 fours and 6 sixes.
Klaasen hit a century in 37 balls
🚨Heinrich Klaasen – 100 off 37 balls
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After Head’s wicket fell, Klaasen changed his gear and took every KKR bowler to task. He completed his century in 37 balls. With this, Klaasen became the joint third batsman to score the fastest century in IPL history. This right-handed batsman remained unbeaten till the end. Klaasen hit a total of 7 fours and 9 sixes in his 109-run innings. At the same time, Ishan Kishan contributed 29 runs. In this way, Hyderabad scored 278 runs after playing the entire over, losing only 3 wickets, which is the third-highest total made by a team in the history of IPL.
The first three big totals in this list have also been made by the SRH team. Sunil Narine was the most successful bowler for KKR. He took 2 wickets for 42 runs in his 4 over spell. Kolkata now has to score 279 runs to win this match.
