{"id":22147,"date":"2025-04-12T23:05:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T17:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=587349"},"modified":"2025-04-12T23:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T17:35:41","slug":"srh-vs-pbks-abhishek-sharma-registers-highest-individual-score-in-ipl-by-an-indian-batter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/srh-vs-pbks-abhishek-sharma-registers-highest-individual-score-in-ipl-by-an-indian-batter\/","title":{"rendered":"SRH vs PBKS: Abhishek Sharma registers highest individual score in IPL by an Indian batter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"196\" data-end=\"518\">Sunrisers Hyderabad\u2019s Abhishek Sharma produced one of the most explosive innings in IPL history as he notched up the highest individual score by an Indian batter in the tournament, reaching <em data-start=\"423\" data-end=\"448\">136 off just 52 balls<\/em>* during their chase of a daunting 246-run target set by Punjab Kings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"520\" data-end=\"820\">Abhishek brought up his century in <strong data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"577\">just 40 deliveries<\/strong>, smashing boundaries at will and combining with Travis Head for a brutal onslaught that left the PBKS bowling attack in shambles. The duo put on a <strong data-start=\"725\" data-end=\"750\">171-run opening stand<\/strong>, which was finally broken in the 13th over when Head departed for 66.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"822\" data-end=\"1224\">By the <strong data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"853\">end of the 16th over<\/strong>, SRH were cruising at <strong data-start=\"876\" data-end=\"885\">217\/1<\/strong>, needing just <strong data-start=\"900\" data-end=\"933\">29 runs off the last 24 balls<\/strong> to secure what would be their highest successful chase in IPL history. Abhishek, who has already cracked <strong data-start=\"1039\" data-end=\"1064\">13 fours and 10 sixes<\/strong>, continued to toy with the bowling, dispatching Yash Thakur for a boundary to surpass the previous record for the highest individual score by an Indian in IPL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1275\">The standout moments from overs 7 to 15 included:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1276\" data-end=\"1560\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1276\" data-end=\"1327\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1278\" data-end=\"1327\">Abhishek bringing up his half-century in 19 balls<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1328\" data-end=\"1386\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1330\" data-end=\"1386\">A dropped chance by Yuzvendra Chahal off his own bowling<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1387\" data-end=\"1455\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1389\" data-end=\"1455\">A merciless 150-run stand between the openers before it was broken<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1456\" data-end=\"1500\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1458\" data-end=\"1500\">Head\u2019s acceleration after a watchful start<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1501\" data-end=\"1560\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1503\" data-end=\"1560\">Abhishek\u2019s masterful ton, showcasing confidence and flair<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1741\">With Heinrich Klaasen supporting him at the other end and just over 6 runs per over needed, SRH appear well on course for a stunning win at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunrisers Hyderabad\u2019s Abhishek Sharma produced one of the most explosive innings in IPL history as he notched up the highest\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}