 "Abhishek Sharma broke Travis Head's record for the fastest fifty by a SRH batter in the same IPL match. Sportzpics")
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batter Abhishek Sharma scored his team’s fastest IPL fifty on Wednesday after he got to the milestone in just 16 minutes during the game against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Uppal. Abhishek broke the team record, just moments after Travis Head had initially set that record after reaching his fifty in 18 deliveries.
Head had broken fellow Australian David Warner’s record. Warner had scored a 20-ball fifty against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2017. Moises Henriques, who has also played for SRH, had also amassed a 20-ball fifty against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in 2015.
Head was eventually dismissed for 62 runs off just 24 deliveries, having amassed nine fours and three sixes. At the time of writing this report, SRH were 148/2 in 10 overs, with Aiden Markram joining Abhishek Sharma in the middle.
Abhishek was unbeaten on 54 from 19 deliveries, having hit three fours and six sixes.
Travis Head was picked up by SRH at the IPL 2024 Player Auction in Dubai last year for a price of Rs 6.80 crore. At the ODI World Cup in India last year, 329 runs from six matches, including centuries against New Zealand and India in the group stage and final respectively.
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