IPL 2024: Find out the reason behind Abhishek Sharma's "L" celebration

Abhishek Sharma (Pic: Instagram/abhisheksharma_4)

Sunrisers Hyderabad opening batsman Abhishek Sharma revealed why he made the "L" celebration after winning matches and attaining important milestones during the IPL 2024 matches.

In the IPL 2024 match against Punjab Kings, successive knocks from Abhishek and Heinrich Klaasen helped Sunrisers Hyderabad chase 215 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

Speaking about the celebration in a video posted by the Indian Premier League (IPL) official X handle, Abhishek revealed that this celebration was started by him and his opening partner Travis Head.

"It is personal to us. It stands for love, we are spreading love," said Abhishek.

He also said about having his family at the stadium, "My whole family, except my father, is here. It is special to me if they are able to come here and see me, celebrate with me in such moments."

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On Sunday, Abhishek Sharma achieved a historic feat by becoming the Indian batsman with the most number of sixes in a single edition of the Indian Premier League.

In the IPL 2024 match against PBKS, Abhishek scored 66 runs off 28 deliveries which were laced with 5 fours and 6 sixes. He batted with a strike rate of 235.71.

In the IPL 2024, Abhsihek has registered 41 sixes under his name overtaking RCB Virat Kohli's IPL 2016 record of 38 sixes.

He also overtook Heinrich Klaasen's tally of 33 sixes this year David Warner's (31 sixes in 2016), and Travis Head's (31 sixes in 2024) tally to become the SRH player with the most sixes in a single season.

West Indies legend Chris Gayle leads the six-hitting list, with 59 sixes for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 2012 season.

In the ongoing IPL 2024, featuring in 13 innings, the left-hander has scored 467 runs for SRH. He is placed at the ninth spot on the list of batters with the most runs this season. He has an average of 38.91 and a strike rate of 209.41. With this, Abhishek also has three half-centuries and a highest score of unbeaten 75 runs.

Coming to the match, PBKS won the toss and elected to bat first. A hard-hitting half-century from Prabhsimran Singh (71) and knocks from Rilee Rossouw (49) and Atharva Taide (46) set the tone for a big total, taking PBKS to 214/5 in their 20 overs.

T. Natarajan (2/33) was the pick of the bowlers for SRH.

In the run-chase, after losing Travis Head for a duck, Abhishek Sharma (66), Nitish Kumar Reddy (37) and Heinrich Klaasen (42) played fiery knocks to propel SRH to 215/6 in 19.1 overs, winning the game with five balls left.

Arshdeep Singh (2/37) was the pick of the bowlers for PBKS.

Abhishek was the Player of the Match for his quickfire fifty.

SRH is at number two in the points table, with eight wins, five losses and no result, with 17 points. PBKS is in the ninth spot with five wins, nine losses and 10 points.

(With ANI Inputs)