Team India and Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Abhishek Sharma switched T20 mode on while playing in Times Shield Match. The left hander looked in ease while smashing 60 runs in 22 balls. He launched some massive blows, all over the park with great ease. He hit both pacers and spinners with ease and once again showed the impact he can make with his willow.
Abhishek was at his brutal best as he slammed the joint-fastest T20 hundred during the Mushtaq Ali Trophy match. Playing against Meghalaya, Abhishek smoked a hundred off just 28 balls, equalling Gujarat’s Urvil Patel, who scored a 28-ball hundred against Tripura in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT). Besides century Abhishek hit 11 sixes during his knock and shattered Suryakumar Yadav’s record of the most T20 sixes in a calendar year by an Indian.
Abhishek Sharma retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad for IPL 2025
Abhishek was one of the five players retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. He had a stellar IPL 2024 season, scoring 484 runs in 16 matches at an impressive average of 32.26 and a strike rate of 204.21. His contributions were crucial in leading SRH to the IPL 2024 final.
Abhishek formed a formidable opening partnership with Travis Head, where they adopted an aggressive approach, dismantling bowling attacks and setting high targets for the opposition. In IPL, Abhishek has played 63 matches and has 1376 runs at a strike-rate of 155.13.
Despite blowing hot and cold with the Indian team, Abhishek has scored 256 runs from 12 T20I matches with India at a strike-rate of 171.81.
