SRH vs PBKS: 5 fours, 8 sixes and 74 runs! Abhishek Sharma created history, made two special records together

By Samira Vishwas On Apr 12, 2026

Abhishek Sharma Record: Sunrisers Hyderabad (Sunrisers Hyderabad) opening batsman Abhishek Sharma (Abhishek Sharma) Punjab Kings at the PCA Stadium, Mullanpur on Saturday, 11 April (Punjab Kings) Beaten the bowlers fiercely. In this match, Abhishek scored 74 runs by hitting 5 fours and 8 sixes in just 23 balls, with which he has made two very special records in his name.

Yes, that is what has happened. First of all, know that Abhishek created a storm on the Mullanpur ground and meanwhile completed his half century in just 18 balls. With this, he has now become the batsman to complete half-century in less than 20 balls the most number of times in the history of IPL. He has made this record for the fifth time by scoring a fifty in less than 20 balls.

Players who scored most number of half centuries in less than 20 balls in IPL

Abhishek Sharma- 5
Nicholas Pooran – 4
Jake Fraser McGurk – 3
Travis Head – 3
Vaibhav Suryavanshi – 3

Not only this, Abhishek Sharma has now also joined the special list of players who have hit the most number of sixes during the powerplay in an IPL inning. He achieved this feat by hitting a total of 7 sixes during the powerplay in front of Punjab Kings. He has equaled legends like Sanath Jayasuriya, Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow, who also hit seven sixes each during the powerplay in one of their IPL innings.

Most sixes in overs 1-6 in an IPL innings

7 – Sanath Jayasuriya (Mumbai Indians) vs Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Wankhede Stadium, 2008
7 – Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) vs Delhi Capitals, Delhi, 2018 (game interrupted by rain)
7 – Jonny Bairstow (Punjab Kings) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Brabourne, Year 2022
7-Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad) vs Punjab Kings, Mullanpur, Year 2026

If we talk about the match being held in Mullanpur, here Punjab Kings won the toss and chose to bowl first, in response to which Sunrisers Hyderabad team has added 160 runs after losing 2 wickets in 13 overs of their innings till the time of writing the news. From here, it will be very interesting to see how much target the Sunrisers team manages to put on the score board.