Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium IPL Records

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium IPL Records: Overview

The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium IPL Records are led by SRH’s 286/6, Abhishek Sharma’s 141 and Alzarri Joseph’s 6/12. David Warner has the most runs at Hyderabad’s Uppal ground, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar leads the wicket-taking list.

This IPL-only guide covers matches through 22 May 2026. For the ground’s location and wider history, see the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium overview. International figures are kept separate in our Rajiv Gandhi Stadium T20I records.

Data scope: The 90 ball-by-ball match files contain 89 decided games and one no result. A separate abandoned fixture on 16 May 2024 had no play and is not included. The 87-match scoring sample excludes the two D/L-adjusted games and the no result; it includes all-outs, early successful chases and one match decided by a Super Over.

1. Rajiv Gandhi Stadium IPL Records: Highest and Lowest Totals

SRH own the three highest team totals in the venue dataset. Their 286/6 against Rajasthan Royals in 2025 surpassed the 277/3 made against Mumbai Indians in 2024. The latest venue match in 2026 added 255/4 to the top of the list.

At the other end, Delhi Daredevils’ 80 all out remains the lowest IPL total at Uppal. SRH’s 96 all out on 6 April 2019 is also important: that was the innings in which Alzarri Joseph took 6/12. Short successful chases are not failed batting innings, so SRH’s 81/4 while chasing 81 is not treated as a batting collapse.

2. Batting Records: Who Dominates at Hyderabad?

Most IPL runs at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium

Warner’s 1,623 runs at an average of 64.92 show sustained production across 32 innings. Abhishek Sharma holds the higher individual peak of 141 and has scored his venue runs at a much faster strike rate of 208.91. Those records answer different questions: Warner leads on accumulated output; Abhishek leads the qualified strike-rate list and the highest-innings list.

Highest individual IPL scores

Highest visiting-team innings: Virender Sehwag made 119 for Delhi Daredevils against Deccan Chargers on 5 May 2011. Warner’s 109* in 2012 was also a visiting-team innings for Delhi. A player’s current or best-known franchise does not determine which team he represented in an earlier scorecard.

Fastest century, most boundaries and qualified strike rate

Strike rate is batter runs per 100 balls faced. The minimum of 10 innings prevents a tiny cameo sample from topping this comparison. Abhishek reached his 2025 hundred in 40 balls; his final innings lasted 55 balls. The two figures should not be confused.

3. Bowling Records: Can Bowlers Succeed Here?

Bhuvneshwar Kumar leads with 48 wickets, but the sustained record is not pace-only. Leg-spinners Amit Mishra and Rashid Khan have 30 and 28 wickets respectively. Rashid’s 6.67 economy is lower than Bhuvneshwar’s 8.04; differences in era and bowling role matter when comparing them.

Best IPL bowling figures

Consistency threshold: Among bowlers with at least 15 venue wickets and 10 bowling innings, Siddarth Kaul has the best average at 19.57; Dale Steyn has the best economy at 6.30. Joseph’s 2.00 bowling average comes from one appearance and is a single-match outlier, not evidence of long-term consistency.

The ball-by-ball phase totals also put Bhuvneshwar first for both powerplay wickets (20) and wickets in overs 16–20 (26). These are wickets credited to the bowler; run-outs are not counted as bowling wickets.

4. Team-wise IPL Records and SRH’s Home Performance

SRH have the most wins: 43 in 69 decided matches (62.3%). Their opponents won the other 26. The no result against Delhi in May 2025 is excluded from this win rate. SRH’s record includes the 2013 Super Over win. Deccan Chargers’ earlier 3–15 record is shown separately because they were a different franchise.

Among teams with at least five decided venue matches, Kolkata Knight Riders have the best win rate at 70.0% (7/10). Lucknow’s 75.0% is based on only four matches and therefore does not meet this threshold. Historical franchise name changes are grouped for Delhi, Punjab and RCB.

5. Batting First vs Chasing: What Do the Numbers Reveal?

The 49 second-innings-side wins are not 49 completed run chases. On 7 April 2013, SRH and RCB both scored 130; SRH then won the Super Over. We keep that match in team win totals but distinguish it from a successful regulation chase. The two D/L games are included in the overall result split, not the scoring-average sample.

Second-innings averages are naturally affected by chases ending as soon as the target is reached. A lower average does not prove that the pitch became harder to bat on. Likewise, the historical chasing-side advantage is not an automatic instruction to bowl first: team strength, the surface and match-day conditions still need to be assessed in the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium pitch report.

Target ranges use first-innings runs + 1, so they differ slightly from the first-innings score bands below. Tied regulation innings count in the denominator but not as achieved chases. Rain-adjusted targets are excluded.

6. Highest-scoring IPL Matches and Successful Chases

The SRH–RR game in March 2025 produced 528 runs, five more than the SRH–MI match in March 2024. The top five combined totals in this dataset all came in 2024–2026. That makes 528 an extreme result within a broader recent scoring rise, rather than the only high-scoring game in an otherwise unchanged history.

Chase record: SRH’s 247/2 against PBKS is the final score; 246 was the target. Rajasthan Royals’ 217/7 chasing 215 in 2008 and SRH’s 215/6 chasing 215 in 2024 are separate successful-chase records, even though both targets were 215.

7. How Hyderabad’s IPL Scoring Pattern Has Changed

The early periods averaged 157.24 and 160.28. The 2023–2026 average was 197.12, with 16 of 25 first innings reaching 180 and 11 of 25 reaching 200. This is a stronger basis for discussing the modern scoring environment than quoting the all-time 169.71 average alone.

Season-wise first-innings scoring

The 2026 sample contains seven matches, averaging 209.00 in the first innings, with five batting-first wins. In 2025, the five qualifying matches averaged 203.20, but only one was won batting first. These small season samples show why a high average and a preferred innings order should not be treated as the same thing. Seasons without qualifying games at this venue are omitted.

8. What Is a Competitive IPL Score at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium?

The historical median first innings is 165 and the average is 169.71, but the recent period averages almost 197. A practical reading is to treat 180–199 as competitive rather than automatically safe, and 200+ as a stronger starting point in the recent scoring environment. These are interpretations of past results, not guaranteed winning totals.

Below 150, batting-first teams won only 10 of 34 games. At 200–219, they won 8 of 11. At 220+, they won 7 of 8; the exception was PBKS’s 245/6, chased by SRH in April 2025. The 220+ sample is small, and the score bands combine different seasons and teams. They show association, not the isolated effect of pitch conditions.

9. Powerplay and Death-over Records

Powerplay runs cover deliveries in overs 1–6; death-over figures cover overs 16–20, including extras. SRH’s 107/0 was a full six-over powerplay, although their chase ended at 9.4 overs. The eight-wicket collapse occurred within the final-five-over window but ended at 18.5, not after five full death overs. Team wickets lost include run-outs; bowler totals do not. Super Over deliveries are excluded.

10. Records and Calculations

Player runs exclude extras; batting average is runs divided by dismissals, and strike rate is runs per 100 balls faced. Bowling average is runs charged to the bowler divided by credited wickets. Economy uses legal deliveries converted to overs, with byes and leg-byes excluded from the bowler’s runs. Figures are rounded to two decimal places. Boundaries mean fours and sixes scored off the bat.

Team win percentages use decided matches, including the Super Over winner. Scoring trends and score-band tables use the 87 completed matches with unadjusted 20-over allocations, not only innings that lasted 20 overs. First-innings average is the sum of those first-innings totals divided by 87; the median is their middle value when sorted. Dataset venue aliases are Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium; Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal; and Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad.

More Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Guides

For a match-day visit, compare the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium seating arrangement before choosing a stand. If you arrive by rail, the train guide from Secunderabad and other Hyderabad stations explains onward travel. Drivers can use the Uppal Stadium parking guide.

The format-specific stadium records cover international cricket separately. Browse all the connected venue articles in Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Related Blogs on PitchVaani.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jyoti Bhatia

Founder and Editor of PitchVaani

Jyoti Bhatia is the founder and editor of PitchVaani. She researches cricket-ground histories, match records, pitch conditions and venue statistics through source-led editorial research.

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