On Tuesday, Delhi Capitals learned prowess of Abhishek Sharma the hard way. Submission with a brilliant 68-ball 135 not out the opener of Sunrisers Hyderabad butchered a listless Delhi Capitals as his team cantered to an easy 47-run victory in an IPL match in Hyderabad. With 10 sixes and many boundaries in Sunrisers’ mammoth score of 242 for 2, on a placid Uppal track, Abhishek scythed through Delhi bowling attack. The chase was out of question but with 4/32 in 4 overs of Sri Lankan Eshan Malinga and Sakib Hussain with 1/29 in 4 overs scripted a middle-order collapse with Delhi Capitals reduced to 107 for 4 from a comfortable 107 for 1. DC never recovered from thereon.
At last, Men of Axar Patel managed only 195 for 9 to lose the match and SRH in the point table moving up to third place.
Abhishek Sharma’s mentor, Yuvraj Singh wrote on X ” Let the bat do the work! getting better each day well played sir Abhishek! keep up with the process,”
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135* Abhishek Sharma SRH vs DC Hyderabad 2026
Let the bat do the work! getting better each day well played sir Abhishek! keep up with the process @Official Abhi04 @SunRisers @IPL SRH vs DC – Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) April 21, 2026
For some serious tactical mistakes made by the DC ‘Brains Bank’ comprising Director of Cricket Venugopal Rao, head coach Hemang Badani and captain Axar Patel, the match will be remembered.
It was a slightly slower century by Abhishek standards. Even then, he managed a strike-rate of 200 by finishing his century of 47 balls.
