Abhishek Sharma opened the innings for Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL 2026 match against Punjab Kings on Wednesday (May 6) and scored 35 runs. He faced 13 balls during his stay at the crease at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad and hammered 2 fours and 4 sixes. Abhishek slammed his first six of the match on the second ball of the first over bowled by Arshdeep Singh, and his second and third sixes came off Marco Jansen’s bowling in the second over (on the 2nd and 4th balls).
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He smacked his fourth six on the second ball of the fourth over of the SRH innings bowled by Lockie Ferguson. But in an attempt to play an aerial shot on the third ball, he handed a routine catch to PBKS
skipper Shreyas Iyer.
However, before making his way back to the pavilion, Abhishek entered his name in the record books by becoming the sixth batter in the world to hit 300 T20 sixes in India.
Abhishek needed two sixes on Wednesday to take his tally of sixes to 300 in India, and he slammed four.
The record of hitting most T20 sixes in India is held by Rohit Sharma. In 320 T20 matches played so far in India, Rohit has slammed 388 sixes. He also tops the list of batters with most T20 sixes in one country.
Most T20 sixes in India
| PLAYER | TEAM(S) | MATCHES | RUNS | SIXES |
| Rohit Sharma | Deccan Chargers, India, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians | 320 | 8647 | 388 |
| Chris Gayle | Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, West Indies | 136 | 4841 | 357 |
| Virat Kohli | Delhi, India, Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 293 | 10,083 | 348 |
| Sanju Samson | Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, India, Kerala, Rajasthan Royals | 275 | 7363 | 337 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | India, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians | 278 | 7142 | 317 |
| Abhishek Sharma | Delhi Capitals, India, Punjab, Sunrisers Hyderabad | 153* | 4722* | 302* |
| MS Dhoni | Chennai Super Kings, India, Jharkhand, Rising Pune Supergiant | 287 | 5783 | 290 |
| Ishan Kishan | East Zone, Gujarat Lions, India, Jharkhand, Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad | 209* | 5747* | 276* |
| Shreyas Iyer | Delhi Capitals, India, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai, Punjab Kings, West Zone | 211* | 5908* | 271* |
Apart from Rohit, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav have also managed to hit at least 300 sixes in T20 matches played in India.
Overall, there are only 8 batters in the world who have managed to score 300 or more sixes in a country.
Most T20 sixes in a country
| PLAYER | TEAM(S) | MATCHES | SIXES | HOST COUNTRY |
| Rohit Sharma | Deccan Chargers, India, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians | 320 | 388 | India |
| Chris Gayle | Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, West Indies | 136 | 357 | India |
| Virat Kohli | Delhi, India, Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 293 | 348 | India |
| Sanju Samson | Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, India, Kerala, Rajasthan Royals | 275 | 337 | India |
| Suryakumar Yadav | India, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians | 278 | 317 | India |
| Kieron Pollard | Barbados Tridents, St Lucia Stars, Stanford Superstars, Trinbago Knight Riders, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies | 208 | 312 | West Indies |
| Abhishek Sharma | Delhi Capitals, India, Punjab, Sunrisers Hyderabad | 153* | 302* | India |
| Nicholas Pooran | Barbados Tridents, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Trinbago Knight Riders, Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel, West Indies, West Indies Cricket Board President’s XI | 186 | 300 | West Indies |
| MS Dhoni | Chennai Super Kings, India, Jharkhand, Rising Pune Supergiant, Rising Pune Supergiants | 287 | 290 | India |
| Evin Lewis | Guyana Amazon Warriors, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Trinidad & Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel, West Indies | 146 | 278 | West Indies |
Abhishek added 54 runs in just 3.3 overs with Travis Head for SRH for the first wicket on Wednesday. Head, who slammed half-centuries for the Orange Army in their last two matches against Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, scored 38 runs from 19 balls. He slammed 3 fours and 3 sixes before being sent back to the pavilion by Yuzvendra Chahal.
