India, April 22 -- Yuvraj Singh has been one of the strongest influences on Abhishek Sharma's growth as a cricketer, a mentor figure whose presence has often hovered around the young left-hander's development. So when Abhishek produced one of the biggest innings of IPL 2026, the response from Yuvraj carried weight.

Abhishek gave Sunrisers Hyderabad a match-winning performance against Delhi Capitals in Hyderabad on Tuesday, smashing an unbeaten 135 off 68 balls in a commanding total of 242/2. Delhi never really recovered from that assault and finished on 195/9, handing SRH a 47-run win. The knock was not just another fast hundred in a season full of explosive batting. It was one of the highest individual scores in IPL history and another ...