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 during Sunrisers Hyderabad's successful chase of 246 on Saturday night. Here is a look at all the stats and records which tumbled on a night of cleanly striking the cricket ball:

246 - The target of 246 chased down by Sunrisers Hyderabad against Punjab Kingsis the second-highest ever successfully chased total in IPL history. It comes second to the 262 runs chased by Punjab Kings against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens last year. This is also the fourth highest successful chase in all T20 cricket.

Highest successful chases in IPL

245runs is Punjab Kings' highest first innings score and their second-highest total in IPL after their 262/2 against KKR at Eden Gardens last year, which came in the record T20 chase.

Highest total for PBKS in IPL

1. 262/2 vs KKR, Kolkata, 2024

2. 245/6 vs SRH, Hyderabad, 2025*

3. 243/5 vs GT, Ahmedabad, 2025

4. 232/2 vs RCB, Dharamsala, 2011

5. 231/4 vs CSK, Cuttack, 2014

141 runs scored by Abhishek Sharma at Hyderabad is the highest individual score by an Indian batter in an IPL innings. It is also the third-highest score by a batter in IPL after 175* by Chris Gayle for RCB in 2013 and 158* by Brendon McCullum for KKR in the first ever IPL game. Abhishek Sharma now holds the record for the highest individual score by an Indian batter in both T20 Internationals and IPL.

Highest individual scores in the IPL

10 sixes hit by Abhishek Sharma is the most sixes by an SRH batter in an IPL innings. There are six SRH batters with eight sixes each in an IPL innings.

24 boundaries hit by Abhishek in this innings is the joint-second most in an IPL innings after Chris Gayle's hit 30 boundaries against Pune Warriors in 2013. Yashasvi Jaiswal also hit 24 boundaries against the Mumbai Indians at Wankhede in 2023.

19 balls taken by Abhishek Sharma for his fifty, is the joint-third fastest by an SRH batter in IPL. This is his third fifty in less than 20 balls in the IPL. Only Nicholas Pooran has the most number of fifties while facing less than 20 balls in this tournament - 4.

Most 50s scored by facing less than 20 deliveries

• 4 - Nicholas Pooran

• 3 - Jake Fraser-McGurk

• 3 - Travis Head

• 3 - Abhishek Sharma*

40 ballstaken by Abhishek Sharma for his first IPL hundred is the fifth fastest century in terms of balls faced in the IPL. It is also the third quickest by an Indian batter in an IPL match after Yusuf Pathan (37 balls) and Priyansh Arya (39 balls). Abhishek is the first to score three T20 hundreds in under 40 balls. David Miller, Dasun Shanaka, and Urvil Patil have two each (where data is available).

Fastest hundred in IPL (by balls faced)

• 30 - Chris Gayle (RCB) vs PWI, Bengaluru, 2013

• 37 - Yusuf Pathan (RR) vs MI, Mumbai BS, 2010

• 38 - David Miller (KXIP) vs RCB, Mohali, 2013

• 39 - Travis Head (SRH) vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2024

• 39 - Priyansh Arya (PBKS) vs CSK, Mullapur, 2025

• 40 - Abhishek Sharma (SRH) vs PBKS, Hyderabad, 2025*

171 runspartnership between Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head against PBKS is the second second-highest opening stand for Sunrisers in IPL after the 185 runs added by David Warner and Jonny Bairstow against RCB at Hyderabad in 2019. This is also the second-highest opening stand against PBKS after 181* between Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson for CSK at Dubai in the 2020 IPL.

Highest opening partnership for SRH in IPL

1. 185 - J Bairstow, D Warner vs RCB, 2019

2. 171 - Abhishek Sharma, T Head vs PBKS, 2025

3. 167 - Abhishek Sharma, T Head vs LSG, 2024

4. 160 - J Bairstow, D Warner vs PBKS, 2020

13.86 is the third-highest partnership run rate of more than 150 runs by Head and Abhishek today during their opening stand worth 171 runs in the IPL. It falls behind the 17.27 run rate between Head and Abhishek against LSG last year at the same ground and 14.31 run rate between AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli in their 229 runs partnership for the second wicket against Gujarat Lions in Bengaluru in 2016.

172 runs combined were scored in the PowerPlay by both teams in this match, which is the second most in an IPL match after 213 runs in both PowerPlays combined by Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Delhi in last year's IPL.

Highest combined powerplay totals in an IPL match

• 213 - DC vs SRH, Delhi, 2024

• 172 - SRH vs PBKS, Hyderabad, 2025*

• 171 - SRH vs RR, Hyderabad, 2025

• 170 - CSK vs PBKS, Wankhede, 2014

• 169 - KKR vs PBKS, Kolkata, 2024

75 Runs conceded by Mohammed Shami in his quota of four overs against PBKS at Hyderabad is the second-most expensive four-over spell in IPL history after 76 runs conceded by Jofra Archer against SRHat Hyderabad earlier this year.

Most expensive bowling returns in IPL history

1. 0/76 - Jofra Archer (RR) vs SRH, Hyderabad, 2025

2. 0/75 - Mohammed Shami (SRH) vs PBKS, Hyderabad, 2025*

3. 0/73 - Mohit Sharma (GT) vs DC, Delhi, 2024

4. 0/70 - Basil Thampi (SRH) vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2018

5. 0/69 - Yash Dayal (GT) vs KKR, Ahmedabad, 2023

7 sixes were conceded by Mohammed Shami in his four-over spell against Sunrisers today. This is the joint second-most sixes conceded by a bowler in an IPL match after Yash Dayal conceded eight sixes against KKR in Ahmedabad in 2023.