India, April 13 -- For the large part of Sunrisers Hyderabad's 246-run chase against Punjab Kings in an IPL 2025 match at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad, Abhishek Sharma seemed like a superior being from another, carving bowlers for sixes and fours as if it was book cricket. The charmed life that he lived on Saturday surely did have a certain resemblance to the luck factor of book cricket but that should take nothing away from the absolute carnage that he put on display.

141 runs off 5 balls - the highest individual score in the IPL by an Indian. 14 fours, 10 sixes and a celebration to remember. Abhishek Sharma was box office and beyond as SRH pulled the second-highest run chase in IPL history with 10 balls to spare.

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