IPL 2026: Abhishek Sharma’s storm, hit 74 runs in 28 balls, troubled Punjab Kings, left Jayasuriya, Butler behind
SRH vs PBKS: In the IPL 2026 match played on Saturday (April 11) afternoon, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s young opener Abhishek Sharma presented such an example of explosive batting, which made the powerplay completely one-sided. In this match played against Punjab Kings at the Maharaja Yadvindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur (New Chandigarh), Abhishek played a stormy innings of 74 runs in just 28 balls. In this inning, he hit 8 sixes and 5 fours and dominated the bowlers from the beginning.
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Half century in 18 balls, third consecutive fifty
Left-handed batsman Abhishek Sharma completed his half-century in just 18 balls, which was one of the fastest innings of this season. The special thing is that this is his third consecutive 50+ score against Punjab Kings, which shows his excellent form. His innings was ended by part-time bowler Shashank Singh, when he was caught by Arshdeep Singh.
Havoc in power play, bowlers thrashed badly
Abhishek broke the thread of the bowlers during the power play itself. He thrashed fast bowlers Arshdeep Singh, Xavier Bartlett and Vijaykumar Vaishak. In the fifth over of the innings, Abhishek hit four sixes in a single over to Vaishak, due to which the spectators present in the stadium danced. He hit 7 out of his 8 sixes in the powerplay itself, which is a big record in itself.
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Equaling the record, included in the list of greats
With this explosive innings, Abhishek Sharma has reached joint first place in the list of batsmen who have hit most sixes in the powerplay in IPL history. He has equaled Sanath Jayasuriya, Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow, who had hit 7 sixes each in the powerplay of a match. Abhishek along with Travis Head made a explosive partnership for the first wicket. Together they added 105 runs in the powerplay, which is the third highest powerplay score in IPL history. Both the batsmen made a partnership of 120 runs in 49 balls and completely pushed the opposition team on the backfoot.
Big record in powerplay score too
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s powerplay score in this match was 105/0, which has reached the third place among the highest powerplay scores in IPL history. This figure reflects the team’s aggressive batting and fearless style. Overall, this explosive innings of Abhishek Sharma has turned the direction of the match towards his team to some extent. After this brilliant performance, Abhishek Sharma has become one of the most dangerous batsmen of IPL 2026 and more big bang is expected from him in the coming matches.
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