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New Delhi. Sunrisers Hyderabad performed brilliantly by batting first in this match played on Wednesday. The team scored a huge score of 235 runs after losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. The team adopted an aggressive approach right from the opening. The pair of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma gave a fast start and put pressure on the Punjab bowlers in the powerplay itself. (Abhishek Sharma) played a stormy inning of 35 runs in just 13 balls. His innings included 4 sixes and 2 fours. He destroyed the bowlers with a strike rate of 269.23.

Abhishek Sharma’s explosion and historic achievement
Abhishek Sharma started his innings in an aggressive manner. He hit the first six off Arshdeep Singh and then hit two consecutive sixes off Marco Jansen. He hit the fourth six off the ball of Lockie Ferguson. However, in the same over, he got out while trying to play a big shot and gave an easy catch to captain Shreyas Iyer. Despite this, his innings completely turned the match towards SRH.

With this innings, Abhishek Sharma crossed his historic figure of 300 sixes in T20 cricket in India and joined the list of select batsmen to achieve this feat. Earlier this feat has been achieved by legends like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson.

Strong partnership between Travis Head and SRH
Travis Head also batted aggressively and scored 38 runs on 19 balls. He hit 3 fours and 3 sixes, but Yuzvendra Chahal gave some relief to Punjab by sending him to the pavilion. Abhishek and Head gave a fast start by adding 54 runs for the first wicket in just 3.3 overs, which decided the direction of the entire match.

PBKS’s attempt failed, innings ended at 202 runs
While chasing the target, Punjab Kings team could score only 202 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. The Punjab team, which was under pressure from the beginning, failed to chase the big target. Although some batsmen did try, SRH bowlers did not allow any possibility of a comeback by taking wickets at regular intervals.

Conclusion: SRH’s strong performance continues
With this win, Sunrisers Hyderabad once again proved that their batting lineup has the ability to destroy any bowling attack. Abhishek Sharma’s explosive innings and the team’s collective performance were the biggest strengths of this victory.