IPL 2024: Abhishek Sharma smashes TATA Curvv's mirror with six, but his innings ends at 34, Travis Head follows
In just 3.3 overs, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head powered SRH to 50 runs against RCB ¡ª equaling the fastest team fifty in IPL history at this venue, matching their own effort against LSG in the previous match.
What a match this is turning out to be! Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head came out swinging for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), going full throttle against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. In just 3.3 overs, they powered SRH to 50 runs ¡ª equaling the fastest team fifty in IPL history at this venue, matching their own effort against LSG in the previous match.
One standout moment came in the 1.5 over bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Abhishek Sharma faced a short-of-a-length delivery, stood tall, and smashed it over deep mid-wicket for a massive six. The ball? it went straight into the windshield of the Tata Curvv display car getting a crack to the mirror.
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But just when SRH looked in complete control, RCB clawed their way back, shifting momentum in their favour.
Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma are reunited ?
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And they are up and running in style?
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RCB hit back with two big wickets in the powerplay!
SRH lost their first wicket on the final ball of the 4th over. Lungi Ngidi delivered a full ball on middle and leg, and Abhishek Sharma attempted a flick towards deep backward square. But Phil Salt charged in from the boundary and took a sharp, low catch. Abhishek's fiery innings came to an end at 34 off just 17 balls, including 3 fours and 3 sixes.
RCB struck again in the very next over. Bhuvneshwar bowled a back-of-a-length knuckleball outside off and saw Travis Head go for an aggressive slap. However, he failed to connect cleanly and the ball went straight up, and Romario Shepherd took a simple catch at mid-off. Head managed to get 17 runs in 10 balls of which he smashed 3 fours.
Despite the back-to-back blows right after a blistering 50-run opening stand, SRH still managed a strong start, reaching 71/2 at the end of the Powerplay.
RCB vs SRH: Teams
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Jitesh Sharma(w/c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Lungi Ngidi, Suyash Sharma
Impact Subs: Rajat Patidar, Rasikh Dar Salam, Jacon Bethell, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga
Impact Subs: Mohammad Shami, Harsh Dubey, Sachin Baby, Zeeshan Ansari, Simarjeet Singh
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