Abhishek Sharma returned into form with mind-blowing knock as Sunrisers Hyderabad scripted the second-highest run chase in the history of IPL. Abhishek Sharma returned to form with a mind-blowing 141 off 55 balls, shading 82 of Shreyas Iyer, as Sunrisers Hyderabad scripted the second-highest run chase in history of IPL with eight-wicket win over Punjab Kings in a high-scoring encounter in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Choosing to bat first Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer smashed a blazing 82 off 36 balls, with six sixes and as many fours, scoring his side to a mammoth 245 for six, in spite of a four-wicket haul by Harshal Patel(4/42).
Abhishek Sharma, who had been fighting for form in IPL 2025 season, that stole the show with amazing display of clean hitting. Player who was dropped twice, hitted 10 sixes and 14 fours, and in this way he was scored highest individual score by an Indian in IPL history, as Sunrisers Hyderabad- weakening at the bottom of the points table- chased down the target scoring 247 in just 18.3 overs, breaking a four-match losing streak.
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This performance helped Abhishek Sharma rise to the 12th spot in the orange cap race.
IPL 2025 POINTS TABLE
| SN | Teams | P | W | L | T | NR | PTS | NRR |
| 1 | Delhi Capital | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1.278 |
| 2 | Gujarat Titans | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1.081 |
| 3 | Lucknow Super Giants | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.162 |
| 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.803 |
| 5 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.899 |
| 6 | Punjab Kings | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.065 |
| 7 | Rajasthan Royals | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.733 |
| 8 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1.245 |
| 9 | Mumbai Indians | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.104 |
| 10 | Chennai Super Kings | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1.554 |
