User Question
What is the highest team total in IPL history?
Correct Answer Pattern
The highest team total and the highest-scoring match in IPL history belong to a single fixture in 2024:
SRH (Sunrisers Hyderabad) vs MI (Mumbai Indians), 4 May 2024:
- SRH: 277/3 (highest-ever IPL innings total)
- MI replied with 276/5 — making it also the highest-scoring match in IPL history
Source: public domain historical scorecard, Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 (IPL 2024 season data).
For the canonical current record (which changes only when surpassed): check ESPNcricinfo IPL records.
Required Concepts
- A team total is a single-innings score (not cumulative across matches).
- The record can only be updated if a team scores more runs in a single IPL innings.
- The same match (SRH 277 vs MI 276) holds both the highest innings and highest-scoring match records.
Required Metrics
- Team total (runs per innings, no rate component)
Citation Behavior
Say "SRH scored 277/3 vs MI on 4 May 2024 (Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 IPL 2024 data) — the current highest IPL team total."
Caveats
- Verify this record against the current IPL season — if a team posts 278+ after 2024, this is superseded.
- The bowling figures from that match (MI conceded 277 in 20 overs) are not cited as best bowling — the opposite.
Bad Answer (do not do this)
The highest team score in IPL is X. (Without citing the match date and source, this claim cannot be verified or updated.)