Highest Team Total in IPL 2023 | Highest Successful Run Chase in IPL 2023: From LSG to SRH

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Lucknow Super Giants registered the highest total of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 during match 37 against Punjab Kings at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium in Mohali on Friday (April 28).

LSG rode on fifties from Marcus Stoinis (73 off 40 balls) and Kyle Mayers (54 off 24 balls) to surpass the previous highest total of the season posted by Chennai Super Kings. LSG posted a mammoth 257/5, the second highest total in IPL history.

CSK had registered the highest total in IPL 2023 during match 33 against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday (April 23). This was the highest total in Kolkata in IPL.

CSK rode on fifties from Devon Conway (56 off 40 balls), Ajinkya Rahane (71 not out off 29 balls) and Shivam Dube (50 off 21 balls) to set a total of 235 for 4 in the allotted 20 overs. CSK's innings included 18 sixes, the most for a single innings this season.

KKR fell short of the target by 49 runs despite fighting knocks from Jason Roy (61 off 26 balls) and Rinku Singh (53 not out off 33 balls). The Kolkata-based side's innings included 12 sixes.

Sunrisers Hyderabad posted the third highest total also against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens, where they rode on Harry Brook hundred to post a total of 228 for 4 in 20 overs. In response, KKR scored 205 for 7, losing the contest by 23 runs.

CSK in fact have gone past 200 at least three times so far and also hold the fourth highest total in the 16th season thanks to their 226 for 6 against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. RCB, in response, came very close, but managed only 218 for 8.

The IPL 2023 has also seen the record for most 200 plus score broken in a single Indian Premier League season. The tally in 2023 stands at 29 and the previous best was 18 in 2022.

Highest Team Score in IPL 2023

While there have been many instances when a team has crossed over 200 runs this season, there have been some occasions when score upwards of 200 has been chased down by teams.

Two remarkable chases were - Rinku Singh's five successive sixes to power KKR past Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad and the fastest fifty of the season by Nicholas Pooran powering LSG past RCB in Bengaluru.

In the 1000th match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Tim David's hattrick of sixes in the final over powered Mumbai Indians past Rajasthan Royals total on 212 with three balls to spare.

Just days later, MI pulled off the second highest run chase of the season against Punjab Kings at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium in Mohali on Wednesday (May 3). MI chased down 215 with 7 balls to spare.

On May 7, Sunrisers Hyderabad pulled off highest run chase of the season against Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, where the bottom-placed team reached 217 in the final ball.

Highest Run Chase in IPL 2023