Abhishek Sharma played a stormy inning of 69 runs in 30 balls in the third T20 International against West Indies. By completing his half-century in just 18 balls, he created the record of the Indian batsman scoring the fastest half-century against West Indies. With this he became the sixth Indian to complete 2,000 runs in T20 International.
Indian team’s opening batsman Abhishek Sharma made many records in his name while batting stormily in the third T20 match against West Indies. On Sunday, Abhishek completed his half-century in just 18 balls at Holkar Stadium in Indore and also completed two thousand runs in T20 International cricket. He has become the sixth Indian batsman to reach this milestone. India scored 223 runs on the basis of Abhishek’s inning of 69 runs in 30 balls. Abhishek hit six sixes and five fours in his innings. His strike rate was 230. However, due to the rapid fall of wickets by the Indian batsmen in the middle overs, the team could not maintain the pace of scoring big and the entire team was out for 223 runs.
Half century in 18 balls, left Kohli-Samson behind
Abhishek Sharma made the record of the Indian batsman scoring the fastest half-century in T20 International against West Indies by scoring a half-century in 18 balls. He left behind Virat Kohli and Sanju Samson, who had scored half-centuries in 21 balls each against the Caribbean team. Virat had scored a fifty in 21 balls against West Indies in 2019, while Sanju Samson had completed a half-century in 21 balls in the second match of the same series.
The record for the fastest half-century in T20 International against West Indies is in the name of South Africa’s Quinton de Kock, who achieved this feat in just 15 balls in 2023. Abhishek achieved joint third position in this list by scoring a half-century in 18 balls. David Warner and Colin Munro have also scored half-centuries in 18 balls against the Caribbean team.
Sixth Indian to complete 2 thousand runs in T20 International
Abhishek Sharma also completed 2 thousand T20 International runs in the third T20 match. He became the sixth Indian batsman to achieve this feat. Before him, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul have achieved this position.
Rohit Sharma is at first place in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in T20 International for India with 4,231 runs. Virat Kohli has scored 4188, Suryakumar Yadav has scored 3272, Hardik Pandya has scored 2288 and KL Rahul has scored 2265 runs.
Abhishek has so far scored 2,036 runs in 64 innings of 65 T20 international matches. During this period, his average has been 32.83 and strike rate has been 195.95. He has three centuries and 14 half-centuries to his name. His highest score is 135 runs not out. Abhishek achieved this position quickly in terms of balls also. He completed 2 thousand runs in T20 International by facing just 1024 balls.
Among the Indians who have hit the most sixes in a calendar year
The year 2026 has also been great for Abhishek. He has scored 921 runs in 32 matches and innings this year. During this period, his average has been 29.70 and strike rate has been 206.50. One century and eight half-centuries have come from his bat.
This year Abhishek has hit 68 sixes in T20 International. With this, he has equaled Indian T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav. Both have become the Indian batsmen to jointly hit the most number of sixes in T20 International in a calendar year.
However, Abhishek’s speed in hitting sixes is even more special. On an average, he is hitting a six every 6.55 balls, whereas Suryakumar Yadav’s figure is 9.13 balls.