Abhishek Sharma record in T20: Records are being made in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024). Now Abhishek Sharma has equaled Urvil Patel, the batsman who scored the fastest century for India in T20 (Urvil Patel, ABHISHEK SHARMA). Punjab opener Abhishek Sharma performed brilliantly in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, scoring a century in 28 balls in the final group-stage match against Meghalaya on Thursday. With this explosive innings, Abhishek equaled the record of fastest T20 century by an Indian (FASTEST HUNDRED BY AN INDIAN IN T20 HISTORY), this record was recently made by Urvil Patel of Gujarat in the same tournament. Now Abhishek Sharma has also gone ahead of Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma.
Indian batsman who scored the fastest century in T20 (FASTEST T20 HUNDRED BY INDIAN PLAYERS)
Abhishek Sharma – 28 balls
Urvil Patel – 28 balls
Rishabh Pant – 32 balls
Rohit Sharma – 35 balls
Urvil Patel – 36 balls
Abhishek’s explosive innings was sensational, thanks to which Punjab achieved the target of 143 runs in just 9.3 overs with seven wickets remaining. The left-handed batsman hit 11 sixes in his innings. Earlier, Abhishek had scored only 149 runs in six innings, in which he had only one half-century to his name. But now Abhishek has created a stir with his stormy innings.
Suryakumar Yadav’s big record broken
Abhishek (Abhishek Sharma Century) hit 11 sixes in his stormy century and also broke a big record of Suryakumar Yadav. Abhishek Sharma has now become the batsman who has hit the most sixes for an Indian in a calendar year. By doing this Abhishek defeated Suryakumar Yadav. Apart from this, Abhishek has become the Asian batsman to hit the most sixes in T-20 in a calendar year.
Suryakumar had hit 85 sixes in 41 innings in the year 2022, but Abhishek created history this year by hitting 86 sixes in just 38 innings. This extraordinary inning not only led Punjab to a spectacular victory, but also established Abhishek as one of the brightest stars of Indian cricket.
Most T20 sixes hit by Asian players in a year in T20 (Most T20 sixes by Asians in a year)
87 – Abhishek Sharma in 2024*
85 – Suryakumar Yadav in 2022
81 – Rahmanullah Gurbaz in 2024
80 – Rahmanullah Gurbaz in 2022
Most sixes hit by an Indian batsman in a year in T20 (Most T20 sixes by Indians in a year)
87 – Abhishek Sharma in 2024*
85 – Suryakumar Yadav in 2022
71 – Suryakumar Yadav in 2023
Made world record in T-20
Apart from this, Abhishek Sharma has become the batsman to score T20 century with the highest strike-rate, by doing so he has broken the record of Sahil Chauhan. Sahil had done wonders by scoring a century with a strike rate of 351.21.
365.52 – Abhishek Sharma (Punjab) Vs Meghalaya, 2024*
351.21 – Sahil Chauhan (Estonia) Vs Cyprus, 2024
322.85 – Urvil Patel (Gujarat) Vs Tripura, 2024
309.30 – Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) Vs Gambia, 2024
305.26 – Rishabh Pant (Delhi) Vs Himachal, 2018
