He reached his century in 40 balls.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) opener Abhishek Sharma notched up his maiden Indian Premier League century during an IPL 2025 match against Punjab Kings in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Abhishek delivered under pressure, with Sunrisers Hyderabad needing to chase down a target of 246. Abhishek and Travis Head forged 171 runs for the opening partnership.
Abhishek Sharma celebrated his century against Punjab Kings by displaying a note to the fans in Hyderabad. The note read: “This one is for you, Orange Army,” thanking Sunrisers Hyderabad fans for their continued support.
Abhishek Sharma was eventually dismissed for 141 in the 17th over, but by then, Sunrisers Hyderabad were already in a favourable position at 222/2. With his knock, the 24-year-old also set the highest score by an Indian in IPL history. Abhishek slammed 14 fours and 10 sixes in his knock. He now also holds the record for the highest score registered by an Indian batter in the IPL. He broke the record of KL Rahul. The former Kings XI Punjab captain had scored 132 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2020.
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Once the Punjab batter was dismissed, Heinrich Klaasen (21*) and Ishan Kishan (9*) sealed the deal for Sunrisers Hyderabad with eight wickets and nine balls to spare. This is just the second win for Sunrisers Hyderabad, who have lost the other four games out of six.
Earlier, Shreyas Iyer played a captain’s knock of 82 runs from 36 balls to power Punjab Kings to 245/6. Apart from the skipper, Priyansh Arya (36), Prabhsimran Singh (42), Nehal Wadhera (27) and Marcus Stoinis (36*) also contributed crucial runs.
Abhishek Sharma was one of the standout performers for SRH in IPL 2024. He had amassed 484 runs from 16 matches at a strike-rate of 204.22. His runs tally included three fifties.
The win means that the 2016 IPL winners are in eighth place with four points from six matches. Punjab Kings, on the other hand, have slipped to sixth place with six points from five games.
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