New Delhi:On Saturday, April 18, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, Sunrisers Hyderabad star batter Abhishek Sharma broke a big record during his team's game against the Chennai Super Kings. Abhishek was back to his best when he hit 59 runs in 22 balls after SRH was asked to bat first.
The swashbuckling opener hit four sixes and six fours in an innings that showed how fearless he was as he took apart the off-spinner Matthew Short with ease after seeing him off in his first over.
With his knock, Abhishek reached 2000 runs in the Indian cash-rich league. He beat Virender Sehwag's record for the fastest Indian to reach the milestone by taking 1194 balls. Sehwag needed 1211 balls to reach the goal. Abhishek, on the other hand, didn't break Andre Russell's all-time record, which he set in 1120 balls.
The fewest balls needed to score 2000 IPL runs:1120—Andre Russell
1193—Abhishek Sharma
1198—Nicholas Pooran
1211—Virender Sehwag
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After winning the toss, CSK chose to bowl.Ruturaj Gaikwad, the captain of CSK, won the toss and chose to bowl first. Matthew Short is back, but Mukesh Choudhary is playing his first game of the season.
"It's definitely good to be up from the bottom. But I believe we started doing basic things right after the second game. We hit well, bowled well, and fielded well about half the time. But I believe we've been doing a great job in every area. "Just stay consistent and do the basics right," Gaikwad said at the toss.
"Is it good to see different players play? Yes, of course. I thought Noor bowled really well in the last game. It's good to have him back on track, and Anshul bowled really well, even in the death. So, a few guys stepping up in the bowling really helps. It gives me and the team a lot of confidence. I'm really looking forward to it. (What do you think of the surface?) It looks like abelter in your language, but you never know how it will be. "We'll try to evaluate it as soon as we can and, you know, keep them as low as we can," he said.
SRH makes one change.In the meantime, SRH made one change to the team that beat RR. "I think we would have batted first." The wicket looks good, so we want to score a lot of runs. You need to bat for the team, not for yourself. We just have to focus on one game at a time. It doesn't matter where we are right now because the tournament is long. I think the ball will move a little bit at first, and the batters need to keep an eye on it and play well. Kishan said at the toss, "Dilshan Madushanka comes in for Harsh Dubey to get more swing up front."