Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2026: Sunrisers Hyderabad, batting first, have scored 219 runs. In the match being played in New Chandigarh, Abhishek Sharma created complete havoc and scored 74 runs in 28 balls. Travis Head and Ishan Kishan also contributed 38 runs and 27 runs respectively. In this match, Abhishek destroyed all the records and entered the car.

Punjab Kings won the toss and invited SRH to bat first. Arshdeep Singh, Xavier Bartlett and Marco Jansen also came forward, but Abhishek Sharma was in the mood to beat the bowlers. Abhishek had completed his fifty in just 18 balls. At the other end, Travis Head’s bat did not work much, who played an innings of 38 runs in the match. Hyderabad had scored 105 runs in the powerplay itself. This is the third time in the history of IPL when SRH has crossed the 100-run mark in the first 6 overs.

Abhishek Sharma’s record-breaking batting

Abhishek Sharma had completed his fifty in 18 balls. He was moving towards a century, but he was caught by Shashank Singh at the hands of Arshdeep Singh. Abhishek scored 74 runs in 28 balls and hit 8 sixes and 5 fours in this innings. During this time he also created a special record. He has become the batsman to hit the most sixes in the powerplay in any IPL match. In this match against Punjab, he hit seven sixes in the first 6 overs. Before him, Sanath Jayasuriya, Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow have also done this.

Punjab’s bowling is breathless

Sunrisers Hyderabad team had scored 132 runs in the first 10 overs, but in the last 10 overs the Hyderabad team could score 87 runs. Despite poor batting in the last 10 overs, Hyderabad team was able to score 219 runs. Heinrich Klaasen played a slow inning of 39 runs in 33 balls.

Shashank Singh proved to be a surprising aspect for Punjab. While bowling 3 overs, he gave only 20 runs and also took 2 wickets. He also took the wicket of Abhishek Sharma.