Picture Credit: BCCI/IPL
On Saturday, April 12, the Sunrisers Hyderabad are hosting Punjab Kings in match number 27 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. However, the Pat Cummins-led side came into this fixture on the back of four consecutive defeats, there was definitely something to look forward to as the opening pair of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma finally unleashed their prowess.
Opening the innings for SRH, Abhishek Sharma played a quickfire knock to breach the 100-run mark off 40 deliveries. The top-order batter stitched a 171-run stand with Travis Head for the opening wicket, before latter departed off Yuzvendra Chahal’s over. Soon after his dismissal, Sharma also reached the 100-run mark and celebrated in style.
This one is for Orange Army: Abhishek Sharma dedicates century knock to SRH
Abhishek Sharma went for a single and brought up his maiden hundred of the season. Although, he punched in air to celebrate the moment, the 24-year-old quickly took out a piece of paper which had a special message written on it. As the camera zoomed on it, the message read, “THIS ONE IS FOR ORANGE ARMY!” as the youngster showed it towards the SRH dugout.
The Punjab-born batter with his 40-ball 100* became the sixth fastest by balls faced to reach a century in the cash-rich league. He sits just after Chris Gayle, Yusuf Patha, David Miller, Travis Head and Priyansh Arya. Moreover, during his stay in the middle, he also stitched the second highest opening partnership for SRH in IPL.
