Abhishek Sharma Sixes In Powerplay Ipl 2026 PtiImage Credit source: PTI

Two left handed batsmen. Both are openers of their respective teams. Both of them have just one style of play – to take every ball beyond the boundary. In such a situation, it is natural for there to be competition between these two. These two batsmen are Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who are currently among the most explosive openers in IPL 2026. There is a race between the two not only for runs but also for scoring sixes. Currently, Abhishek Sharma has become number-1 in one such race.

Sunrisers Hyderabad's star opener Abhishek Sharma Was struggling to find his rhythm at the beginning of the season. But now he seems to be returning to his form and he showed it against Delhi Capitals. Hyderabad's stormy opener scored a explosive century against Delhi and gave the team a great start again.

Most sixes in Abhishek's powerplay

Before reaching his century, Abhishek had expressed his intentions in the powerplay itself, when he showed every Delhi bowler the path to the boundary. In these first 6 overs, Abhishek had scored 42 runs in just 19 balls, which included 3 sixes. With the help of these 3 sixes, Abhishek became the batsman who hit the most sixes in the powerplay this season. So far, he has hit 18 sixes in the powerplay in 7 innings.

Vaibhav has a chance after 24 hours

Abhishek currently left Rajasthan Royals' young opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi behind in this race. Only 15 years old Vaibhav has so far hit 17 sixes in the powerplay in 6 innings. Abhishek did this feat on the evening of 21st April and now only after 24 hours Vaibhav will have a chance to overtake Abhishek. On Wednesday 22nd April, Rajasthan will face Lucknow Super Giants. Now it will be worth seeing whether Vaibhav can move ahead in this race or Abhishek will remain number-1 at the moment.

Abhishek's brilliant innings

If we talk about this match, Abhishek Sharma scored his century in just 47 balls, which is his second century in IPL. The special thing is that this time he lasted for the entire 20 overs and returned unbeaten in the end. Abhishek played a devastating inning of 135 runs in 68 balls, which included 10 fours and 10 sixes. Apart from him, Heinrich Klaasen also scored unbeaten 37 runs in just 13 balls, taking Sunrisers to 242 runs.

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