Abhishek Sharma has entered the record books with the highest individual score in a T20I power bowler

Abhishek Sharma (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Abhishek Sharma set the Arun Jaitley Stadium on fire with a stunning display of power to hammer Afghanistan in the third T20I on Thursday.The left-handed opener has been on the attack from the start, hitting the Afghan bowlers for sixes and fours all over the country.Abhishek smashed a blistering century off just 30 balls. It is the fastest T20I century by a Test nation batsman.It was also his third century in T20Is.

Abhishek creates another record

Abhishek also registered the highest individual score in the first six overs of the men’s T20I during his explosive knock.He scored an unbeaten 76 off just 22 balls in the first six matches against Afghanistan in Delhi.His 76-run effort took him to the top of the charts for the highest individual score in the first six overs of a Men’s T20I. He went past Portugal’s Kuldeep Gholiya, who scored 74 not out from 25 balls against Malta at Gibraltar in 2023.Australia’s Travis Head is third on the list with an unbeaten 73 off 22 balls against Scotland in Edinburgh in 2024.Read more: History of Abhishek Sharma’s scripts, fastest T20I century hit by an Indian; surpasses Rohit Sharma’s record of 30-ball 100

Highest Individual Score in Overs 1-6 in Men’s T20Is

ScoreBatterMatchVenueYear76(22)*Abhishek Sharma (IND)India vs AfghanistanDelhi202674*(25)Kuldeep Gholiya (Portugal)Portugal vs MaltaGibraltar202373*(22)Travis Head (AUS)Australia vs ScotlandEdinburgh202468*(21)Wintley Burton vs Serbia BulgariaSofia202268*(28)George Munsey (SCOT)Scotland vs AustriaEdinburgh2023

Fastest hundreds in T20Is

Player BallsMatchVenueSahil Chauhan27Estonia vs. Cyprus EpiskopiMuhammad Fahad29Turkey vs BulgariaSofiaJan Nicol Loftie-Eaton33Namibia vs Nepal KirtipurSikandar Raza33Zimbabwe vs Gambia Nairobi (Ruaraka) Finn Allen33New Zealand vs South Africa KolkataKushal Malla34Nepal vs MongoliaHangzhouDA Miller35South Africa vs BangladeshPotchefstroomRG Sharma35India vs Sri Lanka IndoreS Wickramasekara35Czech Republic vs Turkey Ilfov County Kushal Bhurtel35Nepal vs ChinaSingapore Abhishek Sharma37India vs. England Wankhede