Abhishek Sharma Slow Batting, SRH vs DC: In the 31st league match of IPL 2026 being played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, Sunrisers Hyderabad team could not even put a total of 250 runs on the board because of centurion Abhishek Sharma. The team scored 242 runs for 2 wickets in 20 overs. This total could have reached 270 runs, but after the century, Abhishek’s slow innings became difficult for the team. Abhishek scored 135* runs in 68 balls with 10 fours and 10 sixes.

If we talk about statistics, Abhishek had completed his century in 47 balls. After this he scored only 31 runs in 21 balls. If we look at Abhishek’s last 12 balls, he scored only 12 runs. The speed with which Abhishek completed his century. If he had batted at the same pace, Hyderabad would have easily made the biggest total of the season. At present, the biggest total of the 19th season has been 254/7 runs, which was made by Punjab Kings against Lucknow Super Giants.

Abhishek’s fast start, slow end

Hyderabad’s star batsman, who came to the opening, had scored the first 50 runs in 25 balls. After this, he scored 50 runs in the next 22 balls and completed his century in 47 balls. But after this, as mentioned above, he could score only 31 runs in the remaining 21 balls. In this way, after the century, Abhishek’s slow innings did not allow Hyderabad to even reach 250 runs.

status of innings

In the match, Delhi won the toss and decided to bowl, which seems to be proving wrong after the first innings.

Good start for Hyderabad

The pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head gave a good start to Hyderabad. Both of them made a partnership of 97 runs in 53 balls for the first wicket. In this partnership, Abhishek contributed 58 runs and Head contributed 37 runs.

Hyderabad’s innings did not slow down due to fall of wickets

The first blow to the team came in the form of Travis Head on 97 runs. Head scored 37 runs in 26 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes. Then for the second wicket, Abhishek Sharma along with Ishan Kishan made a partnership of 79 runs in 35 balls for the second wicket.

The second wicket of the team fell in the form of Ishan Kishan at 176 runs. Captain Ishaan scored 25 runs in 13 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. After this, Abhishek along with Heinrich Klaasen made a partnership of 66 runs in 32 balls for the third wicket.

Does Delhi have any hope of victory?

It is noteworthy that the biggest successful run chase in the history of IPL is 262 runs, which was achieved by Punjab Kings against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024. In this respect, Delhi has full opportunity to chase. Now it will be interesting to see how Delhi under the captaincy of Akshar Patel performs in the chase.