Abhishek Sharma broke Suryakumar Yadav’s amazing record, became the first Indian cricketer to do so in IPL
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s opening batsman Abhishek Sharma (May 19) rocked a stormy innings in the IPL 2025 match played against Lucknow Super Giants at Lucknow’s Ekana Cricket Stadium on Monday (May 19). Abhishek scored 59 runs in 20 balls at a strong rate of 295, hit 4 fours and 6 sixes. During this, Abhishek completed his half -century in just 18 balls.
The first Indian to do so
Abhishek has become the first Indian batsman to score four half -centuries in IPL in less than 20 balls. He had earlier scored 16 balls against Mumbai Indians in 2024, 19 balls against Lucknow Super Giants and 19 balls against Punjab Kings in the current season.
Suryakumar Yadav beaten
Abhishek has reached the first place in terms of scoring the most runs, chasing the target of 200 or more in the IPL, now he has now scored 573 runs. In this list, Abhishek left behind Suryakumar Yadav, who has 564 runs.
Polard-Poan equals
Abhishek has jointly ranked first in the list of players scoring fifty plus scores at a strong rate of 250 or more in the IPL. For the fourth time, he has equaled Kieron Pollard and Nicholas Puran.
Significantly, in this match, Hyderabad defeated Lucknow by 6 wickets. After receiving the first batting, the Lucknow team scored 205 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. In response, Hyderabad won by losing 4 wickets in 18.2 overs.
