Sharma's six took the ball right onto the windshield of the car and made a nice dent.
The 65th match of the IPL 2025 saw Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) clashing with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. RCB captain Jitesh Sharma won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Travis Head (17) and Abhishek Sharma (34) hammered 54 runs in just 4 overs for the first wicket. Heinrich Klaasen (24) and Aniket Verma (26) continued the hammering despite losing their wickets.
Abhishek was severe on loose balls and one of his huge sixes did some significant damage to the car that is being displayed in the stadiums. As one of the IPL's sponsors since 2019, Tata has been showcasing its newest vehicles at games ever since. Abhishek was able to strike the car even though it was parked far behind the boundary ropes.
The incident happened during the second over between veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Abhishek Sharma. Abhishek Sharma pulled the ball over deep midwicket after the right-arm bowler bowled a short of length delivery on the fifth ball of the over. The car's windshield was immediately shattered as the ball flew off and landed directly on it.
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But when Abhishek does it with a six? He gets a standing ovation!
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Another instance of a batter breaking the glass of the car on display happened in WPL last year, when RCB’s Ellyse Perry broke the rear window of a Tata Punch EV with a huge six.
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