Lucknow: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) young opener Abhishek Sharma has performed consistently well in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. He has given a good start to the team this season and has scored runs with a good strike rate. It was because of such aggressive batting of Abhishek that the team made the biggest score in the history of IPL this season. However, his teammate Travis Head has also made a big contribution in this, but former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan believes that Sharma has been much ahead of Head this season.
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Let us tell you that Abhishek and Head have given a good start to their team this season. Both of them have scored runs at a strike rate of 200 and this pair has played an important role in taking the team to the playoffs. Both these players are also the players who have scored the fastest half-century for Hyderabad and they have batted in the same style continuously. However, during the discussion on Star Sports, Pathan called Abhishek ahead of the head.
He said, “Abhishek Sharma has been ahead of Travis Head in every aspect this season. It is a big thing that an uncapped Indian player gets ahead of an international player. Abhishek's future is going to be very bright.
If we look at the performance of these two players in IPL 2024, both of them have batted brilliantly. Travis has played a total of 12 matches so far this season, in which he has scored 533 runs with an average of 48.45 and an excellent strike rate of 201.13. During this period, he has scored one century and 4 half-centuries. On the other hand, Abhishek has scored 467 runs at a strike rate of 209.42 while playing in 13 matches. During this period, the left-handed batsman has scored three half-centuries.
Hyderabad has won many matches on the strength of these two players and that is why today they are present in the top-4 and will be seen playing in the playoff matches. The pair of Abhishek and Head also made the highest powerplay score in the history of IPL this season, which is 125 runs. In such a situation, seeing the game of these two, Irfan has told Sharma to go ahead.
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