Indian quirky batting all-rounder Abhishek Sharma has gained recent recognition as an explosive opening batter in the game’s shortest format. The Indian rising superstar idolizes former Indian great and his mentor Yuvraj Singh, as he also bats left-handed alongside being the slow left-handed orthodox spinner.
Abhishek first came under the radar of the national selectors when he played some swashbuckling innings for his IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad, who recognized him as a potent opener. Batting alongside Travis Head, Sharma often gave flying starts to his team.
Abhishek began the England series on a strong note, as he scored a quickfire 79 in a winning cause for India in the first T20I at the Eden Gardens. Since then, despite starts, Abhishek could not convert them to big totals, as he stepped up with a different motive when India batted first for the first time in the series at the Wankhede.
Inia’s new T20 mantra has relied on an all-out attack, and Abhishek is the perfect example of it, thus hitting 20 boundaries in his innings of 135 runs off just 54 balls, which included the 13 sixes he hit.
Five batters with the fastest T20I centuries:
5. Johnson Charles—39-ball hundred
Johnson Charles, the dynamic opening batter from the West Indies side, has played several crucial innings for his nation, one of which included his hundred against South Africa at the Centurion in 2023.
4. Abhishek Sharma—37-ball hundred
Indian rising sensation Abhishek Sharma almost shattered records when he looked not out on 93* off just 31 balls, though the batter completed his hundred off just 37 balls and ended his innings at 135 off just 54 balls.
3. David Miller—35-ball hundred
David Miller, the South African veteran, scored the fastest T20I hundred at a time when he smashed the hundred against Bangladesh back in 2017.
2. Rohit Sharma—35-ball hundred
Indian captain and veteran T20 batter Rohit Sharma still day remains the highest run-getter in the format internationally. Rohit Sharma’s 35-ball hundred till today remains the fastest hundred in T20 cricket against a full-member nation, as the Indian achieved it against Sri Lanka in 2017, just two months later equaling the record with Miller.
1. Sikander Raza—33-ball hundred
Sikandar Raza, the Zimbabwean skipper, scored a splendid inning off just 33 balls when he hit 15 sixes for his nation while putting on the highest T20I total for the team. Raza’s hundred remains the fastest hundred scored.
