TATA IPL 2024: The Indian Premier League is the best T20 league formed in 2008 after India won the World T20 in South Africa in 2007. Since then, this tournament has not looked back, and it has been entertaining the crowds and viewers who watch the game live on their television sets and mobile applications like JIO Cinema have been entertained.
In the IPL, every ball, which is bowled is essential, and every run scored from that delivery can make a difference between winning and losing a game. As we all know, IPL is played in the shortest format, called the T20 format. In this format, the first six overs is called the powerplay overs.
In the first six overs of the powerplay, the rule says that it is mandatory to have the fielding restrictions in every T20 game played worldwide. In the history of IPL, the Orange Army of the Sunrisers Hyderabad hold the record for scoring the most runs in the first six overs and that too without losing a single wicket.
The fielding restriction overs are also beneficial for the bowlers as well. The bowlers who do the toughest job in the T20 overs are helped by the moisture of the wicket whenever they bowl with the new white cherry. Despite that the openers negotiate that aspect well and give a good start to their franchise teams in the first six overs.
In this segment today, we shall let our readers and fans know about the five teams who have scored the most runs in the powerplay overs and that too without losing a single wicket –
125/0 - The Orange Army of the Sunrisers Hyderabad is the new team who has registered a highest score in the first six overs of the powerplay and they have achieved this new success in the current edition of the cash rich league tournament.
In a match versus SRH and DC, the orange army scored 125 runs without a loss of single wicket. Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma gave showcased extraordinary skills of power hitting which won them that match in Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium.
79/0 - The orange army of Hyderabad have been featured for the second time in this list. The SRH side posted 79 runs without losing a single wicket in the first six overs of the powerplay. They achieved this feat against the purple army of Kolkata Knight Riders in the season of 2017.
105/0 - Earlier, the record of scoring the most runs in the poweplay overs was in the name of KKR. In the IPL 2017 season. they played this match at Bengaluru, RCB had set a target of 159 for KKR to win. But the Knight Riders surprised everyone when they opened the innings with a new opening combination of Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn. Both the KKR openers took the RCB bowlers to the cleaners.
KKR smashed the RCB bowlers all around the Chinnaswamy Stadium and piled the second highest score in the powerplay overs. KKR had scored 105 runs without losing any wickets in the first six overs. Narine smashed his fastest half-century in this match, and Chris Lynn was on 49 runs.
86/0 - The team of Purple Army is mentioned again in this list just like SRH who is also mentioned twice. In the current edition of the TATA IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders had scored 86 runs in the first six overs of the powerplay. They are second team to achieve this feat in this current edition. KKR added that many runs in the first six overs versus RCB.
In the IPL 2015 match between CSK and MI, the men in yellow scored the most runs in the first six overs. Brendon McCullum and Dwyane Smith shared a fantastic opening partnership of 90 runs. Both the openers rotated the strike cleverly and also smashed the lead bowlers of Mumbai Indians for runs. Bhajji, Malinga and Suchitra went for plenty in their overs, which allowed CSK to post a formidable score of 184 runs in their 20 overs.
Another five time champions side is mentioned in this list of the team who has scored the most runs in the first six overs without losing a single wicket. Mumbai Indians is fourth on this list. MI achieved this feat against the team of Delhi Capitals in the season of IPL 2018 season when they scored 84 runs in the powerplay overs.
The team of Delhi Capitals has also scored the most runs in the first six overs of the fielding restrictions which is also known as the powerplay overs. The openers of DC added 81 runs without losing a wicket in the powerplay. They achieved this feat in the Indian Premier League season of 2022 edition against Punjab Kings.
