Lowest Team Total in IPL History
Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 49 all out against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on April 23, 2017 – still the lowest team total in IPL history. They were chasing 132. KKR needed just 9.4 overs to bowl them out. Not a single RCB batter reached double figures.
April 23, 2013. Exactly four years earlier on the same date, RCB posted 263 for 5 at Chinnaswamy. Chris Gayle scored 175 not out. The same franchise. The same date. A difference of 214 runs, as covered by Your IPL News.
Top 10 Lowest Team Total in IPL History
From RCB’s shocking 49 all out to multiple historic batting collapses, these are the lowest team total in IPL history.
| No. | Team | Score | Overs | Opposition | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RCB | 49 | 9.4 | KKR | 2017 |
| 2 | RR | 58 | 15.1 | RCB | 2009 |
| 3 | RR | 59 | 10.3 | RCB | 2023 |
| 4 | DC | 66 | 13.4 | MI | 2017 |
| 5 | DC | 67 | 17.1 | KXIP | 2017 |
| 5 | KKR | 67 | 15.2 | MI | 2008 |
| 7 | RCB | 68 | 16.1 | SRH | 2022 |
| 8 | RCB | 70 | 17.1 | CSK | 2019 |
| 8 | RCB | 70 | 15.0 | RR | 2014 |
| 10 | KXIP | 73 | 15.5 | RPS | 2017 |
4 Things This Table Does Not Tell You
RCB are found at both ends of the IPL history of batters.
RCB have come in thrice in the list of lowest IPL totals with 49, 68 and 70. The same franchise also posted 263 in 2013, 248 in 2016, and chased 262 in 2024. No other bowling side has been in the top and bottom scoring charts in all the seasons. In recent years, RCB batting has been very ordinary. It’s almost invariably been historically explosive, or historically disastrous.
In the four innings of IPL 2017, 4 of the lowest scores in the IPL history were achieved.
RCB scored 49 in 2017. In the same season, DC scored 66 and 67 while KXIP scored 73. The four lowest IPL totals of all time went to the same year. The pitches were more moist and more uneven, the bounce and seam movement was more than today’s IPL pitches. Before flat batting tracks became popular, batting lineups were still getting used to the aggressive T20 cricket.
In the powerplay of IPL 2022, SRH had scored 13 for 4. This is the lowest power play of all time in IPL.
In the Pune match, SRH had a red wall in the powerplay to capitalize on the Rajasthan Royals’ low scoring rates to score 13 for 4 in the powerplay. All four of Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson, Rahul Tripathi, and Aiden Markram got bowled for six shots within six overs. After the power play was over, the required rate was over 26 per over. The poorest start in the history of the IPL for SRH as they were bowled out for 96.
The lowest total in the history of the IPL was defended by PBKS.
In IPL 2025, KKR was bowled out for 111, the lowest total ever defended against a defending side in IPL history. KKR were bowled out to end on 95 chasing 112. Defending 111 is a lot harder than 200, which is considered par these days, before the match began. Hence, that is why defending 111 is the bowling version of RCB making 49 all out.
RCB’s 49 All Out: Over-by-Over Collapse
| Over | Runs | Wickets | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 4/1 |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | 10/2 |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | 15/3 |
| 4 | 8 | 1 | 23/4 |
| 5 | 7 | 2 | 30/6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 34/7 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 40/8 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | 43/9 |
| 9.4 | 6 | 1 | 49/10 |
RCB suffered the highest loss of seven wickets in the powerplay in 2017 in their 49-all out against KKR, which remains the lowest team total in IPL history. After 6 overs, it was all but over by the time the first half concluded. Nathan Coulter-Nile (3/21), Chris Woakes (3/6), and Colin de Grandhomme (3/4) followed with their quality contributions. Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, and Mandeep Singh were all among the batters who joined the ranks of some of the most embarrassing batting performances in IPL history after the team lost by 49 runs.
Lowest Total Ever Scored in an IPL Final
| Year | Team | Score | Opposition | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | SRH | 113 | KKR | SRH lost by 8 wickets |
| 2013 | CSK | 125/9 | MI | CSK lost by 22 runs |
| 2017 | RPS | 128/6 | MI | RPS lon by 2 wkts |
| 2017 | MI | 129/8 | RPS | MI won by 1 run |
| 2022 | RR | 130/9 | GT | RR lost by 7 runs |
It is SRH 113 in the 2024 final, which is the lowest score for the team in the biggest final with the lowest team total in IPL history. They’ve run the numbers in terms of form before this season, with 277 runs scored in the same season.
Will Any Team Score Below 49?
The honest answer is that it is possible but increasingly unlikely in the current era. The Impact Player rule introduced in 2023 allows teams to carry an extra specialist batter. That means even the weakest batting lineup now has a safety net. Teams that would have been all out for 60 in 2017 now bat deeper and recover to 80 or 90.
The pitches have also changed. The surfaces used in modern IPL are flatter, drier, and more consistent. The uneven bounce and moisture that produced the 2017 collapses is rare in the current era.
RCB’s 49 all out against KKR, still the lowest team total in IPL history, is safe for the foreseeable future. In the same way that Gayle’s 175 has not been beaten in 12 years of higher scoring cricket, the lowest team total in IPL history will likely survive the next decade of deeper batting lineups and flatter pitches.
The record nobody wants to own is not going anywhere.
