Red-hot Abhishek Sharma helps Hyderabad to entertaining win over Capitals in IPL

[p]The 25-year-old ‌struck 10 fours and 10 sixes ‌in an unbeaten 135 from 68 balls, the fifth-highest individual score in ‌the tournament's history, to help [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sunrisers-hyderabad/ltywUfPr/"]⁠Hyderabad[/a] post ‌242-2 in their 20 overs. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/delhi-capitals/tv8Qjdkq/"]Delhi[/a] managed ​195-9 in reply.[/p][p][b]"The way we started, we had a plan, ​but the wicket was a bit slow," [/b]Sharma said.[/p][p]"You don't know the ⁠par score ​till you play the 20 overs, that was in my mind. I just wanted to entertain the ‌crowd."[/p][embed guid="4af7df79-cd0f-4997-869c-e76e2a6cc4c2" url="https://x.com/IPL/status/2046799369672982932" social-type="twitter" /][p]Sharma, who has thrived in the company of Australian opener Travis Head in the last couple of seasons, said the team had given him the confidence to express himself.[/p][p][b]"I always wanted to show my talent in the powerplay but you ‌have to have the backing from ​the captain and the coach,"[/b] ‌he added.[/p][p]"The environment we had since 2024 has been a game-changer for us."[/p][p]Hyderabad, currently third in the IPL table, next face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rajasthan-royals/S2MQPiFG/"]Rajasthan ⁠Royals[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/rajasthan-royals-S2MQPiFG/sunrisers-hyderabad-ltywUfPr/?mid=rPnxVjWA"]on ⁠Saturday[/a].[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/delhi-capitals-tv8Qjdkq/sunrisers-hyderabad-ltywUfPr/?mid=jPMbY4L5"]Check out the full scorecard here[/a].[/b][/p]