Highest Total by a Team
| Team | Score | RR | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| SRH | 277/3 | 13.85 | MI | Hyderabad | 27 March 2024 |
| RCB | 263/5 | 13.15 | PWI | Bengaluru | 23 April 2013 |
| LSG | 257/5 | 12.85 | PBKS | Mohali | 28 April 2023 |
| RCB | 248/3 | 12.4 | GL | Bengaluru | 14 May 2016 |
| CSK | 246/5 | 12.3 | RR | Chennai | 3 April 2010 |
| KKR | 245/6 | 12.25 | PBKS | Indore | 12 May 2018 |
| CSK | 240/5 | 12 | PBKS | Mohali | 19 April 2008 |
| CSK | 235/4 | 11.75 | KKR | Kolkata | 23 April 2023 |
| RCB | 235/1 | 11.75 | MI | Mumbai | 10 May 2015 |
| MI | 235/9 | 11.75 | SRH | Abu Dhabi | 8 October 2021 |
| GT | 233/3 | 11.65 | MI | Ahmedabad | 26 May 2023 |
The Indian Premier League is home to one of the finest and most competitive cricket across the globe. The championship is at its fiercest best because the players deliver heroics that keep us glued to our seats.
Amongst the most exciting facets of this tournament, one is the run galore we’ve been an audience to.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore were at the top of the list with a gigantic score of 263 runs (against Pune Warriors India in 2013) for more than a decade until the record was finally broken by a power-packed SunRisers Hyderabad batting unit on 27 March 2024.
Riding on breathtaking record-breaking half-centuries from Travis Head (62 off 24), Abhishek Sharma (63 off 23), and the all-c0nquering Aiden Markram (80* off 54), and an unbeaten 28-ball 42* from Aiden Markram, the Orange Army went on to post the highest total in franchise cricket history, as they smashed a barely believable 277/3 in 20 overs.
Coming back to RCB’s 263/5, it was Chris Gayle’s record-shattering 175 that guided the side to a massive total. This was the game where RCB won by a colossal margin of 130 runs.
Last year, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) came close to breaching the highest-ever total scored by a team in the cash-rich league’s history when they hammered 257/5 in 20 overs against the Punjab Kings.
Their onslaught was built on whirlwind knocks from the likes of Kyle Mayers (54 off 21), Ayush Badoni (43 off 24), Nicholas Pooran (45 off 19), and a 40-ball 72 from Marcus Stoinis.
The third spot belongs to RCB, thanks to their breathtaking 248/3 against Gujarat Lions in the 2016 edition in Bengaluru. This innings broke several records as Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers hit a century each to propel the Challengers to this monstrous total.
The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) occupy the fourth spot courtesy of their 246/5 against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in IPL 2010.
Batting first, CSK’s opener Murali Vijay took on the opposition right from the word go and didn’t stop right until the end. His carnage was such that he scored more than 50% of the team’s runs as he ended up with 127 runs to his name, that too in mere 56 deliveries! The Super Kings posted 246-5 and registered their name in IPL’s history book.
The top five are bookended by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The two-time champions registered their place in the top five when they hammered 245/6 in 20 overs against the Punjab Kings in IPL 2018.
The onslaught was led by Sunil Narine, who smoked a whirlwind 36-ball 75 as an opener. Narine was ably supported by Dinesh Karthik, who racked up a 23-ball half-century lower down the order.
