Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Punjab Kings by 4 wickets on the strength of Abhishek Sharma's explosive innings. Punjab scored 214 runs while batting first. In reply, Sunrisers Hyderabad reached the target in 19.1 overs. Abhishek played a record innings for Hyderabad. He has surpassed Henrik Klaasen for most sixes in a season for Hyderabad. At the same time, Abhishek has created history by breaking Virat Kohli's record which was unbroken for eight years.
Talking about Abhishek Sharma's performance, he scored a brilliant knock of 66 off 28 balls at a strike rate of 235.71. In between, 5 fours and 6 sixes came from his bat. Abhishek has hit 41 sixes in IPL 2024. Along with this, he has become the Indian batsman with most sixes in a single season of IPL. He has surpassed Virat Kohli in this regard.