IPL 2026 is the season of young players. From batting to bowling, youth have dominated. Meanwhile, Karthik Sharma has played the biggest innings of his IPL career against Lucknow Super Giants. He thrashed the bowlers and scored 71 runs in the match against LSG.

This is the same Karthik Sharma, who was bought by Chennai Super Kings by bidding Rs 14.2 crore in the mini auction of IPL 2026. He played an inning of 71 runs in 42 balls against Lucknow. His fighting innings came at a time when CSK had lost three wickets at the score of just 52.

20 year old Karthik Sharma hit 6 fours and 5 sixes in his innings of 71 runs. This was Karthik’s second half-century and his highest score in his short IPL career so far. Earlier, his highest score was 54 runs, which he made against Mumbai Indians. Karthik Sharma has so far scored 244 runs in 9 innings of his IPL career. In his debut season, he has also scored 2 half-century innings with his bat.

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Did this work after scoring fifty

In IPL 2026, players have been continuously seen that after achieving any big achievement, they celebrate that moment by taking out a slip from their pocket. When Karthik completed fifty runs against Lucknow Super Giants, he put his finger on his mouth and gestured to silence everyone.

Karthik Sharma has also crossed the mark of 500 runs in his overall T20 career. So far, in 19 T20 innings, he has scored 507 runs including three half-centuries.

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