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IND vs Eng: The storm of young opener Abhishek Sharma was seen in the 5th T20I match being played between India and England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. After losing the toss, the team of Team India, after getting the invitation of the first batting, did the feat to wreak havoc with the first ball. Opener Sanju Samson cleared the aggressive intentions of the Indian team, six off the first ball of the match. Although Sanju became a victim of Mark Wood in the second over while trying to play fast, Abhishek Sharma, who was present at the other end, did not make any difference. Even after Sanju's wicket fell, Abhishek continued to bat in a rapid manner and scored a half -century off just 17 balls. Abhishek did the act of scoring the second fastest half -century in T20I from India. Even after this, the youth opener did not stop the bat and completed his century in a stormy style.
Abhishek hit a hundred off 37 balls off the first ball of the 11th over. In this way he became the second Indian batsman to score the fastest century after Rohit Sharma in T20I cricket. Abhishek missed out on breaking the Maharikord to score Rohit Sharma's fastest century with just 3 balls. Rohit scored a century off 35 balls.
Rohit's record collapsed
After completing the century, the speed of Abhishek Sharma's runs slowed down a bit as the wickets started falling from one end. Despite this, the young batsman managed to score 135 runs off 54 balls. He hit only 7 fours and 13 skyscraper sixes in his stormy century innings. In this way, he became the Indian batsman to hit the most sixes in an innings in T20I. Abhishek demolished Rohit Sharma's 8 -year -old record. Rohit hit 10 sixes in his innings in the T20I match played in Indore against Sri Lanka in 2017.
Indian batsman who hit the most sixes in an innings in T20i
- 13 Abhishek Sharma vs England, Wankhede 2025
- 10 Rohit Sharma vs Sri Lanka, Indore 2017
- 10 Sanju Samson vs. South Africa, Durban 2024
- 10 Tilak Verma vs South Africa, Johannesburg 2024
Abhishek Sharma's 135 -run innings is the biggest innings of any Indian batsman in T20I cricket. Abhishek broke the record of Shubman Gill. Earlier, the biggest innings came with Gill's bat. Gill scored an unbeaten 126 in the T20I match against New Zealand in 2023.
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