IPL 2025: Jofra Archer's 12 years old tweet goes viral as he concedes 76 runs against SRH

Jofra Archer went for 76 runs against SRH, the most expensive spell in the history of IPL.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) registered the second-highest total in IPL history – 286/6 against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their opening game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.

After being asked to bat first on a great batting wicket, Ishan Kishan led the scoring for the hosts with an unbeaten 106 off 47 balls, hitting 11 fours and six sixes. He received support from Travis Head (67) and Heinrich Klaasen (34) to rack up the huge total.

It was a forgettable day for RR’s star signing Jofra Archer, who registered an unwanted record for conceding the most runs in a spell in IPL history, finishing with match figures of 76/0 in his four overs.

Earlier, RR had signed Archer for a whopping INR 12.5 crores at the mega auction. Notably, Archer, known for having relevant tweets on contemporary events, had posted a suitable one 12 years ago.

Jofra Archer’s 12 years old tweet goes viral as he concedes 76 runs against SRH

Fans were quick to dig into Jofra Archer’s X (formerly Twitter) account to find a tweet that perfectly suited his unwanted record of registering the most expensive spell in IPL history.

The English speedster had posted on March 21, 2013, “God help me.“

God help me

— Jofra Archer (@JofraArcher) March 21, 2013

At the time of writing, RR are 71/3 after 5.3 overs. Sanju Samson (32) and Dhruv Jurel (17) are at the crease, looking to build a solid partnership to keep their team in the game.

SRH vs RR: Playing XI of both teams

SRH: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins (c), Simarjeet Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami and Adam Zampa (Impact).

RR: Sanju Samson (Impact), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande and Sandeep Sharma.

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