Abhishek Sharma was in full flow in the SRH vs DC match in the IPL 2026. He scored a hundred and put the DC on the back foot in Hyderabad. In match 31, he accumulated 135 runs, laced with 10 sixes and 10 fours. He reached his hundred in just 47 balls. His maiden ton in the tournament was against the Punjab Kings in IPL 2025.

The 25-year-old equalled Virat Kohli’s milestone for the most hundreds by an Indian batter in T20 cricket and surpassed Rohit Sharma.

Most centuries in T20 cricket

22 – Chris Gayle

12 – Babar Azam

10 – David Warner

9 – Quinton de Kock / Virat Kohli / Rilee Rossouw / Sahibzada Farhan / Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek has hit 10 sixes in an innings of IPL twice. He is the second batter to achieve it after Gayle’s four times.

10 or more sixes in a T20 innings

18 – Chris Gayle

5 – Abhishek Sharma

4 – Evin Lewis / Shreyas Iyer

Abhishek posted the fifth-highest individual score in IPL history.

Highest individual scores in IPL history

175* – Chris Gayle (RCB vs PWI, Bengaluru, 2013)

158* – Brendon McCullum (KKR vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2008)

141 – Abhishek Sharma (SRH vs PBKS, Hyderabad, 2025)

140* – Quinton de Kock (LSG vs KKR, Navi Mumbai, 2022)

135* – Abhishek Sharma (SRH vs DC, Hyderabad, 2026)

He has taken his runs tally to over 300 and is the current holder of the Orange Cap. SRH are relying on him for good and aggressive starts in the ongoing edition of the cash-rich league.