If you have known the Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise well, you must be known how difficult it is to score runs against them. They have always been one of the very few teams who have made it tough for the opponents to score against them. Most importantly, they have done it with more consistence.
Very few batsmen have been able to strike the chord against SRH in IPL. To score heavily against Mumbai Indians, they need to be good at facing the pace balls, as they have the best pace attack in IPL. In the case of SRH, it’s mostly their spinners. Rashid Khan, Amit Mishra, & Karn Sharma have been their best spinners. That is why SRH has been placed two times in the list of the lowest scores successfully defended in IPL ever.
This article will talk about the top five batsmen who scored the most runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL.
Most Runs vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
| PLAYER | INNS | RUNS | AVERAGE | STRIKE RATE | NOT-OUTS | HIGH SCORE | 100s/50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanju Samson | 23 | 801 | 44.50 | 136.68 | 5 | 102* | 1/4 |
| Virat Kohli | 23 | 762 | 36.28 | 140.59 | 2 | 100 | 1/5 |
| Faf du Plessis | 18 | 571 | 35.68 | 143.82 | 2 | 73* | 0/5 |
| Shane Watson | 18 | 566 | 35.37 | 144.38 | 2 | 117* | 1/3 |
| Ambati Rayudu | 18 | 549 | 42.23 | 129.48 | 5 | 100* | 1/3 |
| Nitish Rana | 16 | 546 | 34.12 | 136.84 | 0 | 80 | 0/4 |
| AB de Villiers | 17 | 540 | 36 | 155.17 | 2 | 89* | 0/5 |
| Rishabh Pant | 16 | 536 | 44.66 | 146.44 | 4 | 128* | 1/0 |
| Robin Uthappa | 19 | 524 | 27.57 | 134.35 | 0 | 68 | 0/2 |
| MS Dhoni | 20 | 494 | 49.40 | 145.29 | 10 | 67* | 0/4 |
Read: Find out the same list for other IPL teams here
Stats Insights
The Chennai openers Ambati Rayudu and Shane Watson have been very successful against the Orange army side consistently. Remember the IPL 2018 final, when both these openers single-handedly completed the mission?
The highest score against Sunrisers Hyderabad belongs to Rishabh Pant, who scored an unbeaten 128* in a losing cause in Delhi in 2018.
Andre Russell, who has the highest strike rate against RCB, also tops the chart against SRH.
Yusuf Pathan, the second to Russell in the SR column, is also the only batter to average more than 50 against SRH.
AB de Villiers, who always liked batting against the Hyderabad-based side has the most 50-plus score against them – 5.
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