
Stats: Records tumble as Abhishek amasses highest score by Indian in IPL
Abhishek Sharma scored his first IPL hundred and went on to hold the record for the most number of runs by an Indian in the IPL innings. Here are the key stats and records from the match:
- 246: The target set by Punjab Kings, which is the second-highest ever successfully chased total in IPL history.
- 245: Punjab Kings' highest first innings score in IPL.
- 141: Abhishek Sharma's score, the highest individual score by an Indian batter in IPL innings.
- 10 sixes: Most sixes by an SRH batter in an IPL innings.
- 24 boundaries: Joint-second most in an IPL innings.
- 19 balls: Time taken by Abhishek Sharma for his fifty, joint-third fastest by an SRH batter in IPL.
- 40 balls: Time taken by Abhishek Sharma for his IPL century, fifth fastest in IPL history.
- 171 runs: Opening partnership between Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head, second-highest opening stand for SRH in IPL.
- 17.27: Highest partnership run rate by Head and Abhishek in their opening stand.
- 75 runs: Conceded by Mohammed Shami in his four-over spell, second-most expensive in IPL history.
- 7 sixes: Conceded by Mohammed Shami, joint-second most in an IPL match.