Fourth week of IPL-17: Record-breaking score by SRH, yet again; Rohit Sharma's ton goes in vain

Jointhighest run chase by RRRR players celebrate their win over KKR at Eden Gardens PicPTIIPL17 has so far witnessed many highscoring encounters On Tuesday Rajasthan Royals RR achieved a mammoth 224run target against Kolkata Knight Riders KKR to register the jointhighest successful run chase in IPL The earlier record too was held by RR when they chased 224 against Kings XI Punjab now Punjab Kings at Sharjah in 2020The match witnessed two centuries scored by players from both sides Batting first KKR opener Sunil Narine scored his maiden T20 ton 109 to propel KKR to 2236 off 20 overs In reply RR were struggling at 1286 after 14 overs But thanks to opener Jos Buttlers unbeaten 107 off 60 balls the inaugural IPL champions scored the required 96 off just 36 balls an IPL record while chasing to win the lastball thriller by two wicketsAlso ReadLSG need pluck nowRecordbreaking score by SRH yet againSRHs Travis Head is ecstatic after scoring a century against RCB PicAFPSunrisers Hyderabad SRH broke its own record of the highestever total in IPL scoring 2873 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru RCB on Monday This was just weeks after they scored 2773 against Mumbai Indians MI the then IPL record The visitors smashed the RCB bowlers all over the park thanks to this seasons fastest IPL hundredmdash39 ballsmdashby SRH opener Travis Head His innings was laced with nine fours and eight sixes The match also witnessed several IPL recordsmdash22 maximums by SRH the most in an innings with an aggregate of 549 runs The game saw 36 sixes the jointhighest in an IPL matchRohit Sharmas ton goes in vainRohit Sharma during his 105 against CSK at Wankhede PicAFPMI opening batsman Rohit Sharma scored his muchawaited IPL century after 12 years However his unbeaten 105 off 63 balls went in vain as the hosts lost to defending champions Chennai Super Kings CSK at Wankhede Chasing CSKs 2064 openers Rohit and Ishan Kishan gave MI a solid start reaching 630 in Powerplay The hosts looked well settled at 1182 after 12 overs but CSKrsquos pacers managed to apply a brakes on MIrsquos run chase as they conceded just 17 runs in the next 24 balls including two wickets With 72 required off just 24 balls the former MI skipper tried hard to bring the equation down but the fivetime champions fell short by 20 runsMitchell Starc not on the moneyKKR pacer Mitchell Starc PicAFPIPLs most expensive player Mitchell Starc has not lived up to his reputation so far The Aussie pacer who was purchased by KKR for a whopping 2475 crore during the IPL17 miniauction has been amongst the most expensive bowlers this season conceding 232 runs at a poor economy rate of 1054 apart from claiming five wickets in six matches Starc started the season conceding 53 runs without a wicket off four overs against SRH He went for 047 off four overs in the next match versus RCB The speedster claimed 225 against Delhi Capitals but at an economy rate of 830 while he went for 029 off three overs versus CSK He made a comeback against Lucknow Super Giants claiming 328 off four overs but was smashed for 050 by RRBacktoback lastover defeats for Punjab Kings at homePunjab Kingsrsquos standin skipper Sam Curran PicPTIWeek 4 of IPL17 witnessed two backtoback lastover defeats for Punjab Kings and three consecutive overall at Mullanpur Sam Curran led the side in the absence of injured skipper Shikhar Dhawan Batting first against RR the Punjab side managed 1478 in the allotted 20 overs In reply RR were cruising at 791 after 11 overs but the Punjab bowlers brought the game back in the hosts favour by conceding just 35 runs in the next six overs including three wickets With 34 required off just three overs it looked like the match was tilting towards Punjab but Shimron Hetmyerrsquos unbeaten 27 off 10 balls ensured a RR win with one ball to spare In the next match chasing MIrsquos 1927 the Curranled side were reduced to 144 in 21 overs but a nevergiveup attitude by Ashutosh Sharma 28ball 61 and Shashank Singh 41 off 25 balls made sure the hosts were comfortably placed at 1657 after 16 overs With just 28 required off 24 balls and three wickets in hands it looked all over for MI but the luck this time too wasnrsquot in the hostsrsquo favour as they were bowled out nine runs short with five balls to spare