Abhishek Sharma Creates History With 28-Ball Hundred In SMAT, Shatters Suryakumar Yadav's All-Time Record To.. (Source: AP/X)
Punjab batsman Abhishek Sharma was a his brutal best as he slammed the joint-fastest T20 hundred for India. Playing against Meghalaya, Abhishek smoked a hundred off his 28 balls, equalling Gujarat's Urvil Patel, who scored a 28-ball hundred against Tripura in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT).
Abhishek and Urvil are only second to Sahil Chauhan of Estonia who scored a 27-ball hundred against Cyprus earlier this year. Abhishek has established a reputation as a great striker of a cricket ball. He was brilliant for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in IPL 2024 which also paved the way for his India debut. Meanwhile, this was Abhishek Sharma's fourth hundred in SMAT, the most by any player in history.
Fastest T20 Hundreds
| Player |
Balls |
Team |
Year |
| Sahil Chauhan |
27 |
Estonia vs Cyprus |
2024 |
| Abhishek Sharma |
28 |
Punjab vs Meghalaya |
2024 |
| Urvil Patel |
28 |
Gujarat vs Tripura |
2024 |
| Chris Gayle |
30 |
RCB vs Pune Warriors |
2013 |
| Rishabh Pant |
32 |
Delhi vs HP |
2018 |
Abhishek Sharma Shatters Suryakumar Yadav's Massive Feat
Abhishek Sharma hit 11 sixes during his knock and shattered Suryakumar Yadav's record of the most T20 sixes in a calendar year by an Indian. The Indian T20I captain smashed 85 sixes in 41 innings in 2022, and Abhishek leapfrogged him, taking his tally to 86 sixes in only 38 innings this year.
- 87* (38 innings) – Abhishek Sharma (2024)
- 85 (41 innings) – Suryakumar Yadav (2022)
- 71 (33 innings) – Suryakumar Yadav (2023)
- 66 (31 innings) – Rishabh Pant (2018)
- 63 (42 innings) – Shreyas Iyer (2019)
- 60 (32 innings) – Sanju Samson (2024)
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