In the Indian Premier League, we have seen that some teams have mastered the art of scoring 200-plus runs and have their own pattern to achieve it. Teams like Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings have the highest scores of over 200 in the history of the tournament. Once again, Mumbai Indians made the most of the last five overs in the game against Delhi Capitals and scored 96 runs thanks to Romario Shepherd. In this we will talk about those teams which have scored the most runs in the last over in IPL.
Royal Challengers Bangalore, the most unlucky team in the Indian Premier League, have had hitters in the last few years. Be it Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Moeen Ali and now greats like Glenn Maxwell. In the match against KKR in IPL 2019, RCB, batting first, played an explosive innings of Virat Kohli's century and 66 runs on 28 balls by Moeen Ali. With the help of a huge score of 213 runs. Both the batsmen scored 91 runs in the last five overs of the innings.
Over the last few years, Punjab Kings have become a better team, performing well against the strongest teams in the league. Young talents like Jitesh Sharma have performed well on the field during the 2023 season, scoring 96 runs including eight sixes in the last five overs against Mumbai Indians.
Since the beginning of the Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians have always had a few hitters. Be it Kieron Pollard, Thisara Perera, Hardik Pandya and now Tim David, in the recently concluded match against Delhi Capitals, the Mumbai Indians team scored a total of 234 runs and 96 of them came in the last five overs. Romario Shepherd scored 32 runs against Anrich Nortje in the last overs and Tim David scored 45 runs in 21 balls.
2016 has been a great year for Royal Challengers Bangalore, not only did RCB reach the final that season. Against Gujarat Lions, both Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers scored centuries and took RCB's score to 248 runs. 112 runs were scored in the last five overs, which is the highest number of runs scored by any team in the history of IPL.
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