Heinrich Klaasen's extraordinary 105 off 39 deliveries inspired Sunrisers Hyderabad to a total of 278-3 against Kolkata Knight Riders, the third-highest team score in IPL history.

Travis Head struck 76 off 40 balls as the Sunrisers cut loose, posting a total that was comfortably enough to tee up a massive victory.

The Knight Riders were never in with a chance of chasing their target, eventually being bowled out for 168 with eight deliveries remaining to lose by 110 runs. 

Hyderabad made history with their first innings effort, with Head and Klaasen striking 28 boundaries between them, including 15 sixes.

Abhihek Sharma hit 32 and Ishan Kishan scored 29 around the star acts, but it was Klaasen's century, the joint-third-fastest in IPL history, that will be remembered forever.

Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga and Harsh Dubey all took three wickets as Kolkata unsuccessfully attempted to get close to the target.

Sunil Narine got his side off to a fast start, striking 31 off 16 deliveries, but when he was dismissed with the score at 37-1 after 21 balls, there was no way back.

The result made little difference to the overall outcome of the tournament, with both sides already having fallen short of possible qualification.

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Data Debrief: Clinical Klassen leads Sunrisers

Klaasen brought up three figures from 37 deliveries, with only Chris Gayle (30 balls) and Vaibhav Suryavanshi (35 balls) ever hitting quicker centuries in the history of the IPL.

The South African star had brought up his 50 from only 17 balls and his innings in total produced seven fours and nine sixes.

It made a huge contribution to the third-highest ever IPL team score, with Hyderabad accounting for all the top four totals on that list.