Abhishek Sharma: Abhishek Sharma’s form has been going bad for some time but in the sixth match of IPL 2026, this player appeared in a different color. Abhishek Sharma showed his strength by scoring 48 runs in just 21 balls at Eden Gardens. Abhishek Sharma, while playing a brilliant innings, defeated the best bowler of Kolkata Knight Riders, Varun Chakraborty. This player gave away 25 runs in a single over of Chakraborty. Let us tell you how Abhishek Sharma beat Varun Chakraborty.
Abhishek Sharma vs Varun Chakraborty
KKR put Varun Chakraborty on the attack in the fifth over, the responsibility was on him to break the opening partnership of Sunrisers Hyderabad but the opposite happened. Abhishek Sharma hit a six on his very first ball. This six went out of the long on boundary. After this, Abhishek Sharma hit a six on the third ball also. A four was hit on the fourth ball also. Abhishek also hit a four on the fifth ball and he also hit a four on the sixth ball. In this way Abhishek scored 25 runs in Varun Chakraborty’s over. Although Abhishek missed the half-century, he was out while hitting a big six in Muzarabani’s over.
Varun Chakraborty is having a bad day
Varun Chakraborty’s form has been bad since the T20 World Cup. This player is giving away runs in almost every match. In the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, Varun gave away 64 runs in 4 overs against England. In the final, he gave away 39 runs in 3 overs against New Zealand. In IPL 2026, Varun gave away 48 runs in 4 overs against Mumbai.
Abhishek’s amazing partnership with Travis Head
Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma made a wonderful partnership. Both of them took Sunrisers Hyderabad to 84 runs in the powerplay. This is the biggest score of any team in IPL 2026. While batting first, this is the third highest powerplay score of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Although, like Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head also could not score a half-century, he scored 46 runs in 21 balls, his wicket was taken by Karthik Tyagi.