Hyderabad, April 12 -- Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) opener Abhishek Sharma made history on Saturday, hitting the highest individual score by an Indian player in Indian Premier League (IPL) history.

Abhishek made this record during his side's IPL game against Punjab Kings (PBKS) at their home stadium of Uppal Stadium.

During the match, Abhishek finally found his form and was at his most fiery, scoring 141 in just 55 balls. He scored 14 boundaries and 10 sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 256.36.

He has overtaken KL Rahul (132 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2020) as the player with the highest score by an Indian in IPL history.

Overall, next to Chris Gayle (175* for RCB against Pune Warriors India in 2013) and Brendon McC...