Oh boy, where do I even start with this? Abhishek Sharma, right? This guy just lit up the whole dang cricket universe with his first IPL century. I mean, the dude whipped out a note from his pocket after smacking a hundred against Punjab Kings. Who does that?!? Shreyas Iyer’s reaction—hilarious—is all over social media now. Iyer looked at that note like it was some secret treasure map or something.
So, Saturday’s match, April 12, over at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium—what a name, huh?—had PBKS (that’s Punjab Kings if you’re like me and can never keep the acronyms straight) deciding to bat first. They did pretty well, actually. Priyansh Arya gave them a solid start with 36 off 13. Then came Shreyas Iyer with 82 and Prabhsimran Singh doing his thing with 42. Marcus Stoinis added a quick 34 too. In the end, they posted a whopping 245. Like, seriously, imagine scoring that in a casual neighborhood game!
But hold up, it wasn’t just all about the runs. Abhishek and his buddy Travis Head were on a whole other level, tearing apart the Punjab bowlers. They racked up 83 runs during the powerplay. 83?! I was just sitting there with my chips, not knowing whether to laugh or to start calling them the cricket Avengers or something.
Annnnd here’s the kicker: Abhishek nearly got out on a no-ball, and then, there was a catch by Yuzvendra Chahal that was easier to drop than to hold onto—I swear Chahal had butter fingers that day. Oh, and Head thumped a solid 66 before Chahal finally did something right and got him out in the 13th over. But the real “ta-da!” moment? Abhishek got that 100 with just 40 balls, then pulled out a handwritten note that said, “This one’s for the Orange Army.” I mean, if that’s not heartfelt, I don’t know what is.
I saw a tweet about it. Some Star Sports account was going nuts over it. Something like “WHAT. A. MOMENT.” I can’t argue.
Now why Iyer was so interested in the note, who knows? But the camera caught him grabbing it, reading it with this cheeky grin. I couldn’t stop laughing. There’s a clip floating around somewhere, Harry something tweeted it. You gotta see it just for the laughs.
After the game, Travis Head spilled the beans. Apparently, Abhishek’s been carrying that same note for six games. Six games! I honestly can’t even keep track of my keys for six minutes, let alone a piece of paper.
So, yeah, Abhishek was the hero of the night, Player of the Match and all, scoring a wild 141 off 55 balls. Bro smashed it with 14 fours and 10 sixes. And can you believe it, SRH chased down 246 with time to spare? Crazy stuff. That’s like the second-highest chase in IPL history. And poor Iyer, man, he’s the captain on both sides of those record chases. Guy just can’t catch a break.
Anyway, SRH moved up to eighth place, which is… better than being at the bottom, right? Next up, they’ll be facing Mumbai Indians at Wankhede. That should be fun.
Ah, and there’s something about ICC and Test proposals and penalties. But that’s a whole other can of worms.
Sorry if this was all over the place. My mind kinda bounces when there’s cricket chaos like this. Just makes it more real, you know?
