• Abhishek Sharma broke his own record

• Scored a half century in just 15 balls

• Chennai Super Kings scored 24 runs in one over

Abhishek Sharma created a sensation with his explosive batting against Chennai Super Kings. Batting first at their home ground, the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Sunrisers Hyderabad got off to an explosive start. Abhishek washed the bowlers to score a half-century in just 15 balls and set a new record.

This one for Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2026 is the fastest half-century in Earlier, he held the record by scoring 50 runs in 16 balls against Mumbai Indians in 2024. Now, Abhishek has added to his own record. During his half-century, he also scored 24 runs in an over.

A fifty in the fifth over

Abhishek started his explosive batting with a six in the second over. He then hit a towering six in the third over. Then, Abhishek finished with 26 runs in 10 balls with two fours in a row at the end of the fourth over. Abhishek hit five consecutive fours off the bowling of Matthew Short, who bowled the fifth over, to complete a scintillating half-century. Head took a run off the first ball of the over and handed the strike to Abhishek. Abhishek hit three consecutive fours and then sent the last two balls into the crowd to complete his half-century in just 15 balls.

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Set the record for the fastest half-century

By Abhishek Sharma For Sunrisers Hyderabad His own record for fastest half-century was further improved. The second fastest batsman to score a half-century for this franchise is Abhishek’s opening partner, Travis Head. Head created a sensation in 2024 by scoring two fifties in 16 balls. Abhishek has now become the joint third fastest batsman to score a fifty in the IPL. The record for fastest fifty in IPL is held by Yashasvi Jaiswal, who achieved the feat in 13 balls. Meanwhile, Pat Cummins and Romario Shepherd are second on the list with 14-ball fifties each.

Dropped after giving the team a strong start

Abhishek’s innings included 59 runs off 22 balls with six fours and four sixes. On the last ball of the eighth over, Jamie Overton had the Hyderabad opener caught by wicketkeeper Sanju Samson. Abhishek’s innings gave Hyderabad a strong start. Hyderabad had put 93 runs on the board in eight overs. However, they had lost three wickets. Hyderabad scored 75 runs in the powerplay itself. Apart from Abhishek, Travis Head was dismissed for 23 runs. Meanwhile, team captain Ishan Kishan’s bat was out of form in this match. Even after facing one ball, he could not open his account.

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