What was on Abhishek Sharma's mystery note after PBKS ton? Even Shreyas Iyer wanted to know | Mint

Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma set fire to Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium as he played the turn of his life, with 141 runs of just 55 balls set the record for the highest individual score by an Indian in the IPL. While Abhishek’s century rightly received a lot of attention online, it’s even more about the note the young batsman holds, immediately after he hit his first IPL ton. After hitting Yuzvendra Chahal for a single to set up his century, Sharma pulls out a piece of paper and shows it to the crowd: ‘This one is for the Orange Army’. The unusual celebration by Abhishek also surprised PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer, who asked Centurion for his slip and read it in the middle of the field. After the match, Abhishek’s opening partner Travis Head revealed that the young batter carried that slip of paper in all of SRH’s matches. “The note was all 6 games in the pocket of Abhishek Sharma, glad it came out tonight,” Head told the announcers after the match. Abhishek Sharma deserves the respect of Zinta: Abhishek Sharma’s brilliant innings was also applauded by PBKS owner Preity Zinta, who was seen with the young player and also asked him to repeat his iconic celebration after the match. In a post after the match, Zinta wrote: ‘Tonight belongs to Abhishek Sharma! What a talent and what an incredible beat. 👏👏Congratulations SRH! As for us, best to forget and move on tonight, because it is early days in the tournament and such games are best forgotten. Yuvrs Singh and India T20 Captain Suryakumar Yadav. He also said: “Special mention to Yuvraji, because I also spoke to him, nor will I deny Mr. Suryakumar Yadav, he was in contact, and he was there for me, he talked to me, he knew it would happen very soon,” a special mention to the team and the captain (Pat Cummins) because the atosphere. Again, a very simple message for all the fighters, even though we didn’t do so well, but somehow I knew within me that I had to do such a thing to get back into the finish line, and I probably had a talk with Travis, and you know, it was a special day for both of us, “the young batter added.