{"id":13555,"date":"2026-04-21T20:12:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=13555"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:12:44","slug":"ipl-2026-abhishek-sharma-hits-135-not-out-for-sunrisers-against-delhi-capitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=13555","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Abhishek Sharma hits 135 not out for Sunrisers against Delhi Capitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">India opener Abhishek Sharma hit the fifth-highest score in Indian Premier League history in Sunrisers Hyderabad&#8217;s 47-run win against Delhi Capitals.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 25-year-old left-hander, who is number one in the men&#8217;s T20 batting rankings, batted throughout the innings for 135 not out from 68 balls in the hosts&#8217; 242-2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He peppered the straight boundaries with powerful drives, hitting 10 sixes and 10 fours, and reached three figures in 47 deliveries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">His score has only been bettered in the IPL by West Indies great Chris Gayle (175 not out), Brendon McCullum (158 not out), Abhishek&#8217;s 141 on the same ground last year and Quinton de Kock&#8217;s 140 against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was also Abhishek&#8217;s ninth T20 century, taking him joint fourth on the all-time list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Delhi made 195-9 in reply with seamer Eshan Malinga taking 4-32.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India opener Abhishek Sharma hit the fifth-highest score in Indian Premier League history in Sunrisers Hyderabad&#8217;s 47-run win against Delhi Capitals. The 25-year-old left-hander, who is number one in the men&#8217;s T20 batting rankings, batted throughout the innings for 135 not out from 68 balls in the hosts&#8217; 242-2. He peppered the straight boundaries with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}