The dashing opener from Sunrisers Hyderabad Abhishek Sharma continued his golden run in this year’s IPL as the Southpaw produced another match-winning innings against the Punjab Kings. Abhishek Sharma went on to make 66 of just 28 deliveries after Sunrisers Hyderabad chased down Punjab’s target of 215.
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Abhishek Sharma was awarded the player of the match award for his exceptional performance with the bat. Abhishek Sharma hit six sixes in his innings, which made him the first Indian to hit 40 sixes in an IPL season.
Abhishek Sharma broke Kohli’s record of hitting most sixes in a single edition of the IPL. Virat Kohli had hit 38 sixes in his record-breaking 2016 season, in which he scored 973 runs with the bat.
However, Virat Kohli is still in contention to reclaim the record, as he has hit 37 sixes so far in the ongoing IPL season.
Most sixes by an Indian batter in an IPL season
41: Abhishek Sharma (SRH, 2024)
38: Virat Kohli (RCB, 2016)
37: Rishabh Pant (DC, 2018)
37: Virat Kohli (RCB, 2024)
35: Shivam Dube (CSK, 2023)
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