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Highest Powerplay Score in IPL History: Team Wise Best Score in First Six Overs

Powerplay is crucial part of the limited overs format in cricket as it dictates which way the game is headed for a team that is setting a total or a team that is chasing target.

In T20 cricket, the powerplay is even more pivotal as the batters get only the first six overs of an innings to utilise the fielding restrictions of not more than two fielders outside the inner ring or the 30 yard cricle.

Kolkata Knight Riders registered the highest powerplay score in IPL history in 2017
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Over the years in the Indian Premier League, for the majority of the time, we have witnessed batters give explosive starts to their teams. Very rarely have seen slow starts especially when matches are played mostly on good batting wickets.

While most powerplays have seen teams post 50 plus, there have been two occasions when teams have smashed 100 or more inside the first six overs of an IPL match.

Kolkata Knight Riders currently hold the record for highest score in powerplay in IPL history, having scored 105 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2017 at the batters paradise - M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

On that night, KKR who were chasing a target of 159 got off the blocks in a hurry as Sunil Narine (54 off 17 balls) and Chris Lynn (50 off 22 balls) smashed a total of 8 sixes and 11 fours in their 105-run stand off just 36 balls.

KKR had surpassed a three-year-old record held by Chennai Super Kings, who had scored 100 in the first six overs (powerplay) during IPL 2014 Qualifier 2 match against Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Despite CSK losing their opener Faf du Plessis early that night, Suresh Raina, who batted at number three, smashed a 25-ball 87 to power his team to 100 in the runs chase of 227. This powerplay included 12 fours and 6 sixes, but CSK failed to cross the line.

While those two innings witnessed the highest ever powerplay scores in IPL history, there are many more innings that saw the team score over 14 runs per over, and the two most successful sides have dominated the list.

IPL Highest Powerplay Scores

Team Versus Powerplay Score Venue Year
Kolkata Knight Riders Royal Challenger Bangalore 105/0 Bengaluru 2017
Chennai Super Kings Punjab Kings 100/2 Wankhede 2014
Chennai Super Kings Mumbai Indians 90/0 Wankhde 2015
Kochi Tuskers Kerala Rajasthan Royals 87/2 Indore 2011
Punjab Kings Sunrisers Hyderabad 86/1 Hyderabad 2014
Rajasthan Royals Sunrisers Hyderabad 85/1 Hyderabad 2023
Mumbai Indians Delhi Capitals 84/0 Wankhede 2018
Deccan Chargers Delhi Capitals 84/1 Centurion 2009
Punjab Kings Royal Challengers Bangalore 83/1 Brabourne 2022
Mumbai Indians Sunrisers Hyderabad 83/1 Abu Dhabi 2021
Mumbai Indians Punjab Kings 82/1 Indore 2017
Delhi Capitals Punjab Kings 81/0 Brabourne 2022
Sunrisers Hyderabad Mumbai Indians 81/1 Hyderabad 2024
Rajasthan Royals Chennai Super Kings 81/1 Abu Dhabi 2021
Lucknow Super Giants Chennai Super Kings 80/1 Chennai 2023

Also recently in IPL 2023, Rajasthan Royals and last season debutants Lucknow Super Giants scored their highest-ever powerplay scores in their outings against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings respectively. What is the best powerplay score of the current active teams?

Highest Powerplay Scores achieved by IPL Teams

Team Powerplay Score Versus Venue Year
Chennai Super Kings 100/2 Punjab Kings Wankhede 2014
Delhi Capitals 81/0 Punjab Kings Brabourne 2022
Gujarat Giants 78/0 Lucknow Super Giants Ahmedabad 2023
Kolkata Knight Riders 105/0 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bengaluru 2017
Lucknow Super Giants 80/1 Chennai Super Kings Chennai 2023
Mumbai Indians 84/0 Delhi Capitals Wankhede 2018
Punjab Kings 86/1 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad 2014
Rajasthan Royals 85/1 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad 2023
Royal Challengers Bangalore 79/1 Kochi Tuskers Kerala Bengaluru 2011
Sunrisers Hyderabad 81/1 Mumbai Indians Hyderabad 2024
Story first published: Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 16:32 [IST]
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