“He invited me to his home” - Abhishek Sharma reveals the reason behind his ‘note’ celebration in IPL 2025

Sunrisers Hyderabad's opening batter Abhishek Sharma has finally broken the silence on his written note celebration after his exceptional 141-run knock against the Punjab Kings in the IPL 2025 season in Hyderabad.

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Speaking exclusively on the latest episode of Breakfast with Champions, Sharma revealed that the former Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan was the reason behind his note celebration, with “This one is for Orange Army” written on it.

“Shikhar Dhawan had told me that manifestation is important, just manifest that you have already done it. He invited me to his home to have this conversation. He made me start writing in a diary. One thing is visualizing that I will do it, and the other is to visualize that I am doing it. That I am the best player of India, I have won many matches for the team, he made me write this,” Abhishek said on Breakfast with Champions episode.

“I do journaling before every game in the morning. So instead of that, I thought to write a chit. I wrote “This one is for Orange Army”. I kept it in my pocket. When I got to my fifty, I did not remember I had it too. I kept playing, and the moment I made a hundred and celebrated, I remembered it and took the chit out,” he added.

While Punjab Kings posted an imposing total of 245/6 in 20 overs, SRH finished off the chase in 18.3 overs with eight wickets in hand. Abhishek Sharma was the wrecker-in-chief with a 141-run knock off only 55 balls with 14 fours and 10 sixes at a strike rate of 256.36.

Furthermore, Sharma also talked about how the former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh helped him to come out of poor form during the lockdown. He also revealed how the camps at Yuvraj’s place propelled him to make it to the Indian national team.

“I am very grateful. During the lockdown, we would have camps at his place. Me, Shubman, Prabhsimran, Anmolpreet. Basically, I needed it. We were going on a flight, and I asked him if we could have a camp for a few days. He said yes right away. I was struggling a bit at that time, honestly. I was not consistent in the IPL, and I was not even in the playing XI. Shubman was already playing for India,” he concluded.

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