Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has admitted that Abhishek Sharma is ‘certainly’ one of his favourite batters currently, as the latter continued his onslaught with the bat during Sunrisers Hyderabad’s match against the Delhi Capitals on Tuesday.
Abhishek
needed just 59 runs in this innings to join an elite list and he became one of the batters to score 2000-plus runs for the Sunrisers Hyderabad.Abhishek went on to score a 47-ball 100, to help his franchise post a big score.
“Abhishek is certainly one of my favourites 🕺🏻,” Pietersen tweeted on Tuesday evening, minutes after which the star batter brought up his century.
Abhishek is certainly one of my favourites 🕺🏻
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) April 21, 2026
“Imagine Sooryavanshi and Abhishek
opening for India, no team would feel secure bowling to them,” a fan replied to Pietersen.
Imagine Sooryavanshi and Abhishek opening for India, no team would feel secure bowling to them 😭😭
— Pure Rajasthani (@paragera) April 21, 2026
“Nitish Rana got the opportunity to complete his quota of 4 overs in the IPL for the first time tonight & also the first bowler in the DC team to complete his quota for the night! Not the easiest of batters to bowl against. Abhishek on 🔥🔥,” former Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin tweeted.
Nitish Rana got the opportunity to complete his quota of 4 overs in the IPL for the first time tonight & also the first bowler in the DC team to complete his quota for the night!
Not the easiest of batters to bowl against.
Abhishek on 🔥🔥
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) April 21, 2026
Abhishek brought up his century with a six, which was his 350th maximum in the Indian Premier League. He also joined the likes of Quinton de Kock and Virat Kohli in the list of most T20 hundreds, which is led by Chris Gayle (22).
