Highest Team Totals In IPL 2026 (AFP)
On Thursday, SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders locked horns in match no. 6 of the ongoing IPL 2026. And safe to say, SRH openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma once again proved why they are so feared around the world, especially when they bat together.
Asked to bat first, Travis Head got the Sunrisers going right from ball one, while Sharma took some time to settle in. It was carnage from the opening duo as they posted the highest power-play score of the season. It was Kartik Tyagi who took the wicket of Head in the last over of the powerplay, but the damage had already been done.
However, KKR bowlers pulled things back, taking wickets in quick succession. Nonetheless, Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy took the charge and stitched a much-needed 82-run partnership off just 53. Thanks to their alliance, SRH slammed 226 for 8 wickets.
That being said, let’s take a look at the top five highest team totals in the ongoing 19th edition of the Indian Premier League.
5. SRH 201/9 vs RCB, March 28, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
In the IPL 2026 season opener on March 28, Sunrisers Hyderabad set the bar high, posting 201/9 against the defending champions RCB. The innings started with Ishan Kishan’s 80 (38).
However, it was young Aniket Verma, who applied the finishing touches with an equally electric 43 off 1, propelled the 200+ team total, after finishing 6th on the previous year’s points table.
4. RCB 203/4 vs SRH, March 28, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
A complete performance kick-started the defending champions' title defence, as Royal Challengers Bengaluru chased a mammoth 202-run target. Reaching the target in just 15.4 overs with six wickets to spare, they eventually ended at 203/4.
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After Jacob Duffy set the tone with early strikes, batters Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, and Rajat Patidar ensured the chase was a formality.
3. KKR 220/4 vs MI, March 29, Wankhede Stadium
In the second match of the ongoing season of the cash-rich tournament, Ajinkya Rahane-led KKR smashed 220/4 while batting first. Rahane, who at the toss said that he had "never seen so much of grass at Wankhede", scored 67 off 40 balls while Angkrish Raghuvanshi, another Mumbai lad, made 51 off 29 as KKR got a big total on the board.
2. MI 224/4 VS KKR, March 29, Wankhede Stadium
In their opening match of the season Mumbai Indians (224/4) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (220/4) by 6 wickets at Wankhede Stadium, chasing a 221-run target with 5 balls to spare. Ryan Rickelton (81) and Rohit Sharma (78) dominated with a 148-run opening partnership, breaking MI’s 14-year season-opener losing streak.
In the pursuit, they scored the second-highest team total in the league so far. This was also Mumbai Indians' highest-ever successful run chase in IPL history, surpassing their 219-run chase against CSK in 2021.
1. SRH 226/8 vs KKR, April 2, Eden Gardens
Coming off a fresh defeat against the defending champions, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, in the opening fixture of the IPL 2026, despite setting a strong total of 202, the Ishan Kishan-led SunRisers Hyderabad smashed a grand 226-run team total against KKR at their home ground, Eden Gardens.
The last over added 15 runs as Heinrich Klaasen reached his fifty with two crisp boundaries before falling while attempting another big shot. Blessing Muzarabani struck twice in the over, removing Klaasen and Shivang Kumar to finish with an impressive four-wicket haul.
Despite the late wickets, SRH close strongly with boundaries and push their total to 226/8, the highest team total in the IPL 2026 so far.
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