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Seventeen-plus seasons of cricket, and in that time, every single franchise has found a way to completely fall apart with the bat at least once.
Some of these collapses happened in a team’s very first season.
Some came from established franchises with World Cup winners in the lineup.
And one — the worst of all ten — happened while chasing fewer than 135 runs.
Lowest IPL Totals of All 10 Teams
Here are the lowest IPL totals of all 10 teams, placed in the season they happened and the story around them.
Lowest IPL Totals of All 10 Teams — By Season and Franchise
🔟 Gujarat Titans — 89 | IPL 2024
The newest franchise on the list. GT posted 89 batting first against Delhi Capitals at Narendra Modi Stadium in 2024 — their fourth season in the tournament. Shubman Gill’s side had made two consecutive finals in their debut years, which made this all-out-for-89 performance at home feel especially out of character. DC chased it down with six wickets to spare.
9️⃣ Mumbai Indians — 87 | IPL 2018
By 2018, MI had won the IPL three times. A team with that pedigree folding for 87 while chasing 119 at Wankhede still raises eyebrows. Suryakumar Yadav and Krunal Pandya were the only batters to reach double figures. SRH bowled tidily across the lineup and claimed a 31-run win. One of the more surprising low totals given the venue and the franchise.
8️⃣ Sunrisers Hyderabad — 86 | IPL 2026
The most recent entry on this list. SRH, a team that had scored 287 in a single innings during the 2024 season, was bowled out for 86 against the Gujarat Titans in 2026. Kagiso Rabada and Prasidh Krishna each took three wickets. The contrast with SRH’s batting reputation made this result even harder to process for their fans.
7️⃣ Lucknow Super Giants — 82 | IPL 2022
LSG’s worst total arrived in their debut season — no grace period in the IPL. Chasing 145 in Pune against GT, Rashid Khan took four wickets, and eight batters were dismissed without reaching double digits. 82 all out. For a franchise that had recruited carefully in their first auction, the innings was a rude introduction to how quickly T20 batting can fall apart.
6️⃣ Chennai Super Kings — 79 | IPL 2013
CSK in 2013 was a well-oiled, experienced side — two-time IPL champions at that point. None of that protected them when Mitchell Johnson and Pragyan Ojha each took three wickets in a chase of 140 against the Mumbai Indians. They were bowled out for 79, losing by 60 runs. The rivalry between CSK and MI has produced plenty of thrillers; this was not one of them.
5️⃣ Punjab Kings — 73 | IPL 2017
The 2017 season was a rough year for batting across the league, and Punjab had one of its worst days in the 55th match against Rising Pune Supergiant. All out for 73 under Glenn Maxwell’s captaincy, Pune knocked it off in 12 overs with nine wickets in hand. A first-innings total of 73 puts your bowlers in an almost impossible position — and so it proved.
4️⃣ Kolkata Knight Riders — 67 | IPL 2008
The very first IPL season, KKR were already setting the wrong kind of records. Bundled out for 67 against the Mumbai Indians in the 38th match of a brand-new tournament, no batter crossed 20. Sanath Jayasuriya finished the chase unbeaten on 48. It was the kind of debut that IPL fans in Kolkata have spent seventeen years trying to move past. The record still stands.
3️⃣ Delhi Capitals — 66 | IPL 2017
Two of the worst three totals on this list came from IPL 2017. Delhi Daredevils posted 66 at Mohali against Punjab, who chased it without losing a wicket. A 10-wicket win is the highest margin of victory T20 cricket allows, and DC handed it to Punjab with room to spare. No recovery, no partnership, no resistance from the first over to the last.
2️⃣ Rajasthan Royals — 58 | IPL 2009
In the second edition of the IPL, RR were taken apart for 58 by an Anil Kumble five-wicket haul. Kumble was already 38 at the time. RCB had put up 133/8, with Rahul Dravid scoring a half-century. None of that looked like it would be enough — and then Kumble made it look like plenty. RCB won by 75 runs. Sixteen years later, nobody has posted a lower total against RCB in a single IPL innings.
1️⃣ Royal Challengers Bengaluru — 49 | IPL 2017 ⚡ All-Time IPL Low
The third entry from 2017 — and the worst of the lot. RCB were set 132 by KKR at Eden Gardens. The chase lasted 9.4 overs. The final score: 49 all out. Three KKR bowlers took three wickets each. Not one RCB batter made it to double figures. It is the lowest team score in IPL history, set in the same season that also produced two other all-time franchise lows. IPL 2017 was, quietly, the most devastating year for batting the tournament has seen.
Quick Reference: Lowest IPL Totals by Team
| Team | Lowest Total | Season | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 49 ⚡ | 2017 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Rajasthan Royals | 58 | 2009 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| Delhi Capitals | 66 | 2017 | Punjab Kings |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 67 | 2008 | Mumbai Indians |
| Punjab Kings | 73 | 2017 | Rising Pune Supergiant |
| Chennai Super Kings | 79 | 2013 | Mumbai Indians |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 82 | 2022 | Gujarat Titans |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 86 | 2026 | Gujarat Titans |
| Mumbai Indians | 87 | 2018 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Gujarat Titans | 89 | 2024 | Delhi Capitals |
IPL 2017: The Season That Kept Producing Lows
Three all-time franchise lows in one season is not a coincidence worth ignoring.
IPL 2017 gave us RCB’s 49, Delhi’s 66, and Punjab’s 73 — all in the same edition.
Whether that reflects something about conditions that year, the rise of certain bowling attacks, or just statistical clustering is hard to say definitively.
But no other IPL season comes close to this concentration of historically low batting totals.
It is also worth noting: the 2017 season did not feature unusually low-scoring matches overall.
These weren’t green tops or seam tracks producing chaos throughout.
The collapses were isolated, sudden, and belonged to specific batting lineups on specific days.
FAQs
- Which year produced the most historically low IPL totals?
IPL 2017 stands alone — three all-time franchise lows were recorded in a single season: RCB’s 49, Delhi’s 66, and Punjab’s 73. No other edition has produced more than one.
- Which franchise set its all-time low in its very first IPL season?
Two franchises: Kolkata Knight Riders (67 in 2008, the inaugural season) and Lucknow Super Giants (82 in 2022, their debut year).
- Has any franchise broken its own all-time low more than once?
Based on current records, each of the ten franchises holds a single all-time low. These records tend to be durable — KKR’s 67 from 2008 has survived seventeen seasons.
- What is the lowest total posted by a team batting first in IPL history?
Gujarat Titans’ 89 in 2024 against Delhi Capitals is the lowest by a team batting first on this list. RCB’s record 49 was set chasing.
- Which IPL team has the best (highest) all-time low score?
Gujarat Titans, with a lowest total of 89 — the only franchise on this list whose worst innings crossed 85. Every other team has been bowled out for 87 or fewer at least once.
Conclusion:
Across seventeen-plus seasons of IPL cricket, every franchise has produced at least one scorecard that their fans would rather not revisit.
The records stretch from 2008 – KKR’s 67 in the tournament’s inaugural year – all the way to SRH’s 86 in 2026.
RCB’s 49 from 2017 remains the floor. It’s been nearly a decade, and nothing has come close.
