"Flat Pitches, Small Boundaries": Pakistan Star Mocks IPL As SRH vs MI Game Sets T20 Record

The SunRisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians IPL 2024 game at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Wednesday was a proper run-fest. The surface was so conducive for batting that even bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah and Pat Cummins leaked runs. Both SRH and MI together scored a total of 523 runs in the match. A record 38 sixes were plundered in the game and it was the first time 500 runs were scored in a T20 match. While commenting on the game, out-of-favour Pakistan pacer Junaid Khan mocked IPL for the kind of surface offered and the size of boundaries.

"Flat pitches, small boundaries, quick outfield. This is called IPL. A target of 278," wrote the player on X after SRH posted 277 for 3 -- the highest total in IPL history -- batting first.

Flat pitches, small boundaries, quick outfield. This is called IPL
A target of 278 #MIvsSRH #IPL2024

Chasing the mammoth total, MI did threaten SRH with some superb batting but ended up being 31-run short.

"Credit goes to the wicket. 523 runs in just 40 overs with only 8 wickets fallen.

Is this actual cricket or is it stick cricket??" wrote Junaid in another post.

Credit goes to the wicket. 523 runs in just 40 overs with only 8 wickets fallen.

Is this actual cricket or is it stick cricket??#MIvsSRH#IPL2024

Records tumbled as Sunrisers Hyderabad went on a rampage to post the highest ever IPL total of 277 for 3 against Mumbai Indians before sealing a victory in a power-hitting contest that left bowlers on both sides befuddled.

SRH opener Travis Head (62 off 24) and number three Abhishek Sharma (63 off 23) came up with a sensational display of power-hitting that saw the latter snatching the franchise record for the fastest fifty from the Australian within minutes.

Heinrich Klaasen (80 not out