Last year's Indian Premier League runners-up Sunrisers Hyderabad picked up from where they left off by posting the second-highest total in the competition's history on Sunday, a mammoth 286-6 in their 44-run victory over Rajasthan Royals.

Last year, Hyderabad posted the highest-ever IPL total of 287-3 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Rajasthan ended on 242-6 in their 20 overs. Later Sunday, Chennai won with five balls to spare after Ravindra hit the winning six. Afghanistan spinner Noor Ahmad returned figures of 4-18 to help Chennai restrict Mumbai to 155-9.

Ishan Kishan scored 106 not out off 47 balls as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by 44 runs in their season-opening encounter in the 2025 Indian Premier League on Sunday. Kishan smacked 11 fours and six sixes in his first IPL hundred on debut for his new franchise,