Abhishek Sharma’s 68-ball unbeaten 135 powered Sunrisers Hyderabad to a 242-run total against Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2026 match on April 21, 2026.
The innings featured 10 fours and 10 sixes, with exactly 100 runs coming from boundaries. Sharma reached his fifty off 25 balls and his century off 47 balls, surviving a life on 86 when Nitish Rana dropped a catch. He then launched into the attack, hitting three sixes and a four in the next over off Rana to add 23 runs and reach his third century of the season.
This was Sharma’s ninth T20 century overall and his second for Sunrisers Hyderabad, placing him alongside Heinrich Klaasen in the franchise’s highest individual score list. Earlier in the over, he had reached fifty off Akshar Patel’s bowling in the ninth over.
Sunrisers Hyderabad began their innings cautiously, with Sharma taking two runs off the first ball and hitting a boundary in the second over off Nitish Rana. He followed with two fours off Lungi Ngidi before dispatching two sixes off Rana in the same over.
In response, Delhi Capitals managed only 195 runs for the loss of nine wickets, falling short by 47 runs. Nitish Rana top-scored for Delhi with 57 off 30 balls, while Sameer Rizvi made 41 and KL Rahul contributed 37.
For Sunrisers Hyderabad, Ishan Malik took four wickets, supported by three from Tushar Deshpande and one each from Dilshan Madushanka and Shakib Hasan. Travis Head and Heinrich Klaasen each scored 37 runs, while captain Ishan Kishan made 25.
The match was the 31st of the IPL 2026 season, with Sunrisers Hyderabad setting a target of 243 after posting 242 for the loss of two wickets in their 20 overs.
How did Abhishek Sharma reach his century?
Sharma reached his fifty off 25 balls and his century off 47 balls, surviving a dropped catch on 86 by Nitish Rana before accelerating in the death overs.
What was the result of the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals?
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 47 runs after defending a total of 242, with Delhi Capitals managing only 195 for nine wickets in reply.