Abhishek Sharma played a brilliant inning of 135 runs against Delhi Capitals in the match played on Tuesday, after which his guru and mentor Yuvraj Singh praised him by calling him ‘Sir’. About 2 years ago, Yuvraj Singh had jokingly talked about hitting him with slippers. Actually, on March 28, 2024, he was playing against Mumbai Indians after scoring 63 runs and was out while trying to hit an aerial shot. Now after seeing the century from his bat, Yuvraj made a post praising him.

In this match played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Akshar Patel won the toss and decided to bowl first. There was a partnership of 97 runs for the first wicket between Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head, Head was out after scoring 37 runs. After this, Ishan Kishan (25) and Heinrich Klaasen (37 not out) supported Abhishek. Abhishek scored 135 runs in 68 balls, in which he hit 10 sixes and 10 fours.

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Yuvraj Singh made a post in praise of Abhishek Sharma’s century. He wrote, “Let the bat do its work! You are getting better every day. Sir Abhishek Sharma, you played very well. Keep moving forward with this process.”

Yuvraj is given credit that he improved Abhishek Sharma’s game. Abhishek considers Yuvraj as his guru. Apart from former cricketer Abhishek, he has also trained Shubhman Gill and Gurkeerat Mann.

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Let the bat do the work! getting better each day well played sir Abhishek! keep up with the process @OfficialAbhi04 @SunRisers @IPL #SRHvsDC

— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) April 21, 2026

Scored a century in 47 balls

Abhishek Sharma completed his century in 47 balls, which is his 9th T20 century. He has become the batsman who has jointly scored the most centuries for India in this format. Apart from him, Virat Kohli has also scored 9 T20 centuries.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad had scored 242 runs while batting first, in reply Delhi Capitals could score only 195 runs in 20 overs and Hyderabad won the match by 47 runs. Abhishek Sharma was chosen player of the match. Abhishek scored 135 runs, which is his second century in IPL. Abhishek, who has been playing in IPL since 2018, scored his first IPL century (141) last year.

Abhishek Sharma played an explosive inning of 48 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday. In this innings played in 21 balls, he hit 4 sixes and the same number of fours. However, BCCI took action against him after the match. He has been fined 25 percent of his match fee for violating the IPL Code of Conduct during the match. He has also been given one demerit point.

While fining Abhishek Sharma, BCCI said in an official statement, “Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder Abhishek Sharma has been fined 25 percent of his match fee, and has also been given one demerit point, for violating the IPL Code of Conduct during his team’s match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Thursday.”

Abhishek accepted his mistake. “He admitted a Level 1 offense under Article 2.3 and accepted the match referee’s penalty. For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the match referee’s decision is final and binding,” the statement read.

There was a dispute on the wicket of Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek was caught out on the boundary on the fourth ball of the 9th over. However, it reached the third umpire because it was not clear whether Varun Chakraborty had completed the catch or not. Many fans on social media also believed that it was not a catch. Abhishek was also not happy with this.

SRH won by 65 runs

Sunrisers Hyderabad team registered its first win in IPL 2026 on Thursday. Batting first at Eden Gardens, the team had made a huge score of 226 runs, in response to which Kolkata Knight Riders got bundled out for 161 runs. Nitish Kumar Reddy was adjudged Player of the Match, who played an important inning of 39 runs in 24 balls and also took 2 wickets in 2 overs.