Abhishek Sharma Record for Most Sixes by Indian in T20I Chase: In the first T20 match against England, young batsman Abhishek Sharma performed brilliantly and scored a stormy half-century in 20 balls. In this match played at Eden Gardens, Indian spinners restricted England to just 132 runs. Varun Chakraborty took 3 wickets for 23 runs and Akshar Patel bowled brilliantly with 2 wickets for 22 runs and kept the English batsmen under pressure. However, England captain Jos Buttler played a fighting inning of 68 runs and took the team to a respectable score.
Chasing a modest target, India won by losing seven wickets in just 12.5 overs. Abhishek Sharma top scored with 79 runs in 34 balls and Sanju Samson (26 runs on 20 balls) and Tilak Verma (19 runs on 16 balls) supported him, due to which India easily achieved the target. Abhishek hit a series of sixes continuously, hitting three sixes off the balls of Adil Rashid, two sixes off the balls of Mark Wood and one six each off the balls of Joffra Archer, Jamie Overton and Gus Atkinson.
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Abhishek hit 8 sixes in his innings, which is the most by any Indian player in a T20 run chase. This inning of his reminded cricket lovers of Yuvraj Singh, who created history by hitting six sixes against England in the 2007 T20 World Cup. During the match, the bowling of Varun Chakraborty and Akshar Patel wreaked havoc on the English batsmen. Now all eyes are on the upcoming matches, where it is expected to see a strong performance from Abhishek Sharma.
Abhishek Sharma left Rohit Sharma behind
Abhishek’s eight sixes eclipsed the previous Indian record of six sixes while chasing in T20Is, a record held by Rohit Sharma (hit twice), Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Axar Patel. Is jointly. At the global level, the record for hitting the most number of sixes while chasing in T20I is in the name of Sahil Chauhan of Estonia. Among players from full member countries, South Africa’s Richard Levi has made this record with 13 sixes against New Zealand. The trend of Indian left-handed batsmen destroying the English bowlers in the T20I format has been going on continuously, which became famous with the exploits of Yuvraj Singh in the 2007 T20 World Cup.
Abhishek Sharma on the path of Guru Yuvraj
Under the guidance of Yuvraj, Abhishek showcased his power-hitting ability in the first match of the series against the England team. This was the second fastest half-century scored by an Indian against England in the T20I format. Abhishek’s mentor, Yuvraj, holds the record for scoring the fastest half-century, which he scored in just 12 balls in Durban in 2007. In 2018, KL Rahul completed his half-century in 27 balls in Manchester.
Abhishek Sharma played an explosive inning of 79 runs in 34 balls, which included 8 skyscraper sixes. Earlier, the record of most sixes in T20 run chase by India was in the names of Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Akshar Patel, who had hit 6 sixes.
