To set a new IPL record against the Punjab Kings, Abhishek Sharma has to score nine runs
In the IPL 2024 encounter between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings, set to take place at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh, on Tuesday, April 9, Abhishek Sharma will be in action for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Abhishek, a 23-year-old from Amritsar, will have the opportunity to make history in the sixth league stage match of IPL 2024 for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He will be the first player in history to achieve 1000 runs in the IPL without a cap.
The left-handed hitter needs nine runs to accomplish the milestone after scoring 37 runs off just 12 balls in SRH’s most recent game against the Chennai Super Kings. He has scored 991 runs for the Hyderabad-based team in 48 games so far. In the IPL 2024, the former India U-19 World Cup champion has been playing at an incredible level. He has played four games for the SRH this year and scored 161 runs with a strike rate of 217.57.
In the team’s second encounter, contested on March 27 in Hyderabad, Abhishek crushed 63 runs from only 23 balls against the Mumbai Indians, setting the stage for his Player of the Era effort for the 2016 champions against CSK.
Only two Indian hitters have amassed more than 1000 runs in the IPL as of right now, and neither Abhishek nor Manan Vohra have represented the Men in Blue in any capacity.
Most runs for SRH in IPL
| POSITON | PLAYER | MATCHES | RUNS | BEST SCORE | 100/50 | 4/6s |
| 1. | David Warner | 95 | 4014 | 126 | 2/40 | 379/143 |
| 2. | Shikhar Dhawan | 85 | 2518 | 92* | -/19 | 294/49 |
| 3. | Kane Williamson | 76 | 2101 | 89 | -/18 | 181/64 |
| 4. | Manish Pandey | 51 | 1345 | 83* | -/12 | 112/39 |
| 5. | Jonny Bairstow | 28 | 1038 | 114 | 1/7 | 99/46 |
| 6. | Abhishek Sharma | 48 | 991 | 75 | -/5 | 101/41 |
| 7. | Aiden Markram | 31 | 756 | 68* | -/5 | 51/29 |
With 51 IPL matches completed, Abhishek has amassed 1054 runs. He needs 30 more on Tuesday to surpass Vohra’s record of 1083 runs and take the highest spot among batsmen who have not yet featured in an international cricket match.
The last game was won by PBKS.
The Punjab Kings vs. SRH game is anticipated to be a thrilling one since, similar to SRH, the hosts PBKS enter the game on Tuesday having won their last game. The team captained by Shikhar Dhawan beat Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans in match No.
17 of the Twenty24 Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad by a margin of three wickets to record their second victory in as many games this year.
