{"id":543710,"date":"2026-04-21T23:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/543710\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T23:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:53:11","slug":"ipl-2026-abhishek-sharma-hits-135-not-out-for-sunrisers-against-delhi-capitals-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/543710\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Abhishek Sharma hits 135 not out for Sunrisers against Delhi Capitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">India opener Abhishek Sharma hit the fifth-highest score in Indian Premier League history in Sunrisers Hyderabad&#8217;s 47-run win against Delhi Capitals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 25-year-old left-hander, who is number one in the men&#8217;s T20 batting rankings, batted throughout the innings for 135 not out from 68 balls in the hosts&#8217; 242-2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He peppered the straight boundaries with powerful drives, hitting 10 sixes and 10 fours, and reached three figures in 47 deliveries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">His score has only been bettered in the IPL by West Indies great Chris Gayle (175 not out), Brendon McCullum (158 not out), Abhishek&#8217;s 141 on the same ground last year and Quinton de Kock&#8217;s 140 against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was also Abhishek&#8217;s ninth T20 century, taking him joint fourth on the all-time list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Delhi made 195-9 in reply with seamer Eshan Malinga taking 4-32.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India opener Abhishek Sharma hit the fifth-highest score in Indian Premier League history in Sunrisers Hyderabad&#8217;s 47-run win&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-543710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543710","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=543710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}