The debutants ruled the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals (SRH vs RR) match on April 13 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain clinched 8 Royals wickets together and guided SRH to a comfortable win on their home ground. While most of the talks have been around Hinge and Hussain, a video of Abhishek Sharma went viral on social media platforms.
Celebrations often serve as a medium to express emotions. Last night, when Hinge took the RR captain Riyan Parag’s wicket, combined with Abhishek Sharma, who was in the slip cordon, it was one of the most defining moments of the match. Sharma’s celebration was proof of how much they valued the wicket of Parag.
Abhishek Sharma took a brilliant catch in slip to dismiss the Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag
Abhishek Sharma took a well-controlled catch in the slip to dismiss Riyan Parag. Parag went for only 4 runs after facing 6 balls, hitting only one 4. In the form of celebration, Abhishek went aggressive after taking the catch. What Abhishek Sharma did to celebrate the dismissal of Riyan Parag is also considered a direct hit to the batter’s pride.
Some cricket fans compared Sharma’s aggressive celebration to that of the Lucknow Super Giants spinner Digvesh Rathi, whose ‘Notebook Celebration’ is equally infamous and controversial.
Sharma’s celebration compared with Digvesh Rathi’s controversial notebook celebration
Whenever Rathi took a wicket, he put out an invisible notebook from his pocket to register the name of the batter he dismissed. On multiple occasions, batters had lost their mind to see the celebration, as it was a direct hit to their pride.
Watch the celebration of Abhishek Sharma after dismissing Riyan Parag, here:
Ishan Kishan’s 91-run knock rescued SRH from the early blows
SRH claimed the match by 57 runs as they bundled Rajasthan Royals for only 159 runs in 19 overs. Batting first, SRH scored 216 runs in exchange for 6 wickets.
Captain Ishan Kishan’s 91-run knock against 44 balls was the main focus point of their batting. Heinrich Klassen also played a good supportive role by scoring 40 off 26. Meanwhile, Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for a golden duck in the match.
With the win over the Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad climbed to the fourth spot of the points table with 4 points, playing 5 matches. On the other side, it was the Royals’ first defeat of the ongoing IPL 2026 campaign. Despite the heavy losses, they remained on top of the points table with 8 points in 5 matches with a net run rate of +0.889, while Hyderabad’s net run rate is +0.576.
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals will again face each other on Saturday, April 25, when Rajasthan will be the host to arrange the returning clash with the Sunrisers. In this match, the newly unlocked rivalry between Abhishek and Riyan will be interesting to see.
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