In IPL 2024, many young players have won the hearts of fans and their team with their performance. One of those players is Ashutosh Sharma. He made his IPL debut this season for Punjab Kings. Where he got a chance to play his first match on 4 April 2024 against Gujarat Titans at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Ashutosh Sharma, resident of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, won the matches for Punjab Kings on his own and on many occasions took the match till the last over. Meanwhile, he has achieved a big milestone.
Made a big record in T20
Ashutosh Sharma played an inning of 61 runs in 28 balls against Mumbai Indians in his last IPL match. He played this innings by handling the Punjab Kings team in difficult times. Although he could not win the match for Punjab, his batting was quite excellent. After this match he has made a new record in his name. Ashutosh Sharma has gone ahead of all the batsmen in T20 with a strike rate of 199.65. Here we are talking about those batsmen who have scored at least 500 runs in this format. No batsman has yet achieved this milestone in the T20 format. His excellent strike rate makes him different from other players.
Ashutosh Sharma’s performance so far in IPL
Punjab Kings had included Ashutosh Sharma in their team in the auction this season for Rs 20 lakh. He has played a total of 4 matches in IPL so far. In which he has scored 156 runs. This includes one half-century and three 30+ innings. The Punjab Kings batsman scored an inning of 31 runs in his first match played against Gujarat Titans. Since then he has played his 3 matches in Mullanpur. In the last match of which he batted brilliantly at number eight. Talking about his team Punjab Kings, he has played a total of 7 matches in IPL so far. Out of which he has won only 2. The team played its last match against Mumbai Indians in Mullanpur, Mohali. Punjab Kings lost this match by 9 runs. The team is currently at 9th position on the points table.
How was your T20 career?
This young batsman started his T20 career on January 12, 2018 in the Vidarbha vs Madhya Pradesh match in Raipur. So far he has played 18 innings out of 19 matches in T20 format. A total of 575 runs have come from Ashutosh’s bat in 288 balls. His highest score so far is 84 runs. In his T20 career, he has played 5 half-centuries so far, in which he has hit 48 fours and 43 sixes.
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