{"id":510226,"date":"2026-04-03T05:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T05:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/510226\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T05:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T05:20:08","slug":"ipl-2026-abhishek-sharma-scripts-history-joins-david-warner-to-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/510226\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Abhishek Sharma scripts history, joins David Warner to&#8230;. | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/129987727.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: Abhishek Sharma scripts history, joins David Warner to....\" title=\"SRH opener Abhishek Sharma (PTI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>SRH opener Abhishek Sharma (PTI Photo) Sunrisers Hyderabad batter <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/abhishek-sharma\/66799\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Abhishek Sharma<\/a> etched his name in the franchise\u2019s record books, becoming only the second player after <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/david-warner\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Warner<\/a> to complete 100 sixes for SRH in the Indian Premier League.The left-hander reached the milestone during SRH\u2019s clash against Kolkata Knight Riders, smashing a quickfire 48 off 21 balls, including four boundaries and four sixes at a strike rate of over 228. Abhishek now has 101 sixes for the franchise, second only to Warner\u2019s tally of 143. In 76 matches for SRH, he has scored 1,808 runs at an average of 26.58 and a strike rate of 162.88, including one century and nine fifties.  <\/p>\n<p> Watch<\/p>\n<p> Greenstone Lobo predicts IPL 2026 winner SRH post big total, bowlers seal commanding winSunrisers Hyderabad delivered a dominant all-round performance to defeat Kolkata Knight Riders by 65 runs at Eden Gardens, registering their first win of IPL 2026.After posting a formidable 226\/8, the highest total of the season so far, SRH\u2019s bowlers backed it up with a clinical effort. Jaydev Unadkat led the charge with impressive figures of 3\/21, while Eshan Malinga, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/nitish-kumar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nitish Kumar<\/a> Reddy, and Harsh Dubey applied consistent pressure as KKR were bowled out for 161 in just 16 overs.The win was significant as it marked the first successful defence of a total in this year\u2019s tournament.KKR start strong but collapse under pressureChasing 227, KKR got off to a flying start with Finn Allen smashing 28 off just seven balls, including a 25-run opening over. However, SRH struck back quickly, with Dubey removing Allen via a sharp caught-and-bowled effort.Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi then stitched a 37-run stand to steady the innings, with Raghuvanshi continuing his fine form. But SRH regained control as Unadkat dismissed Rahane with a slower ball, while a mix-up led to Cameron Green\u2019s run-out at the end of the powerplay, leaving KKR at 74\/3.Raghuvanshi went on to score his second consecutive fifty, reaching the milestone in 27 balls, before being run out for 52. Nitish Kumar Reddy then struck twice in quick succession, removing Anukul Roy and Rinku Singh to dent KKR\u2019s chase further.Sunil Narine provided a brief counterattack, but Malinga dismissed him and Ramandeep Singh in successive overs. Unadkat returned to wrap up the innings by removing Kartik Tyagi and Varun Chakaravarthy, sealing a comprehensive win for SRH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SRH opener Abhishek Sharma (PTI Photo) Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Abhishek Sharma etched his name in the franchise\u2019s record&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[178589,39531,1721,26316,17779,17774,108752,35046,17780,101,17775,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-510226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-100-sixes","9":"tag-abhishek-sharma","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-david-warner","12":"tag-ipl","13":"tag-ipl-2026","14":"tag-ipl-records","15":"tag-kolkata-knight-riders","16":"tag-nitish-kumar","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-sunrisers-hyderabad","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}