Abhishek Sharma dedicates majestic ton to Orange Army following a majestic batting performance against Punjab.
Abhishek Sharma scored 141 runs off 55 balls against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Hyderabad. His innings was marked by exceptionally reliable ball-striking. There was also a memorable celebration of his century in which he took a note from his pocket that said, “This one is for Orange Army [SRH’s fans]”.
“I wrote it today itself,” Abhishek said of the note, “because I usually wake up and write something. I got a random thought that if I do something today, that would be for Orange Army. Luckily, today I felt it was my day.”
During his innings, Abhishek hit ten sixes and fourteen fours. There were some skilled shots mixed in with the force striking. Similar to how Abhishek crossed the line and smashed two boundaries with fine leg in the tenth over after Marco Jansen bowled with no fielder to the left of deep midwicket after going around the wicket.
During his innings, Abhishek hit ten sixes and fourteen fours. There were some skilled shots mixed in with the force striking. Similar to how Abhishek crossed the line and smashed two boundaries with fine leg in the tenth over after Marco Jansen bowled with no fielder to the left of deep midwicket after going around the wicket.
SRH entered the game with pressure on their hitters, particularly Abhishek and his fellow opener Travis Head, who had struggled in the previous four games, in addition to their recent defeats that had left them at the bottom of the points table.
However, in a 246-run chase that SRH finished with nine balls remaining, they put on a 171-run stand in 12.2 overs. A tranquil team atmosphere, according to Abhishek, had made sure that the batters and the rest of the group stayed upbeat.
“I’d be lying if I say there was no pressure,” he said. “There is pressure if you don’t do well in three or four innings, especially if your team’s losing. But I never felt that we’ve been losing games, nobody in the team had a negative mindset, there was only positivity from everyone. All were waiting for an explosion like this from SRH team. We had to break the four-match streak today to stay in the table.”