T20 cricket is not just a game of fours and sixes. Here, when a bowler takes a wicket and the entire field becomes silent, he also has a different craze. The Indian Premier League has seen dominance of batsmen in the last few years, but this same league has also seen such bowlers who made the opposition team yearn for even scoring 100 runs.

The huge target of 265 runs in IPL has also been successfully chased. But if we look at the other aspect of this league, 106 runs have also been defended here. This is the specialty of the Indian Premier League. See here the top-5 lowest scores in the history of IPL which have been successfully defended.

Lowest scores defended in IPL

111 runs (PBKS)- The record of defending the lowest score in IPL is in the name of Punjab Kings. In IPL 2025, Punjab team had bowled out Kolkata Knight Riders for 95 runs after scoring 111 runs.

116 runs (CSK)- In IPL 2009, Chennai Super Kings scored 116 runs while batting first. While chasing the target, Punjab Kings team was all out for 92 runs and lost the match by 26 runs.

118 runs (SRH)- Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium is famous for high-scoring matches, but in IPL 2018, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by 31 runs even after scoring 118 runs.

119 runs (PBKS)- This also happened in the year 2009 when Punjab Kings team was able to score 119 runs while batting first. When Mumbai came to bat, it could score only 113 runs even after playing 20 overs.

119 runs (SRH)- Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Pune Warriors by 11 runs in 2013. In that match, Hyderabad team, batting first, was able to score only 119 runs. The bowling attack led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar had devastated the batting of Pune Warriors.

• 111 runs – Punjab Kings (vs KKR)
• 116 runs – Chennai Super Kings (vs PBKS)
• 118 runs – Sunrisers Hyderabad (vs MI)
• 119 runs – Punjab Kings (vs MI)
• 119 runs – Sunrisers Hyderabad (vs PWI)

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