10 fours, 10 sixes…Delhi bowlers flew in Abhishek’s storm, scored their second century in IPL

Abhishek Sharma: In IPL 2026, Abhishek Sharma has once again made headlines with his explosive batting. This young opening batsman of Sunrisers Hyderabad batted brilliantly against Delhi Capitals and played an unbeaten inning of 135 runs. During this, he completed his century in just 47 balls.

Abhishek Sharma scored a century in a stormy style

While playing against Delhi Capitals, Abhishek Sharma showed aggressive attitude from the very beginning and took the Delhi bowlers seriously. In this match, Abhishek batted in a stormy style and scored a brilliant century with the help of 9 sixes and 7 fours in just 47 balls. This is the second century of Abhishek’s IPL career. Against Delhi, he played an unbeaten inning of 135 runs in 68 balls. During this period, 10 fours and 10 sixes came from his bat.

🔸1st 50: 25 balls
🔸2nd 50: 22 balls

Abhishek Sharma hits his second IPL hundred, on the very pitch he hit his first last year 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/Lv6W4SlD5d

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) April 21, 2026

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Named a special record

Let us tell you, Abhishek Sharma has become the Indian batsman to hit more than 6 sixes in the maximum number of innings in IPL history. The young opening batsman has hit more than 6 sixes in 9 IPL innings. Sanju Samson is at second place in this list, who has hit more than 6 sixes 8 times in 8 IPL innings.

Rohit Sharma’s record broken

With scoring a brilliant century against Delhi Capitals, Abhishek has overtaken Rohit Sharma in terms of scoring most centuries in T-20 cricket. Rohit has scored 8 centuries in 454 innings. Whereas, Virat Kohli has scored 9 T-20 centuries. Now Abhishek has scored 9 centuries in 184 innings.

Orange cap named after him

After scoring a brilliant century against Delhi, Abhishek has won the Orange Cap. He has scored more than 300 runs in the 7 matches played so far this season. He has become the first batsman to cross the 300-run mark in IPL 2026. With this, he has become the batsman who has hit the most sixes so far this season.