Indian opener Abhishek Sharma on Thursday (September 17) smashed a record 30-ball hundred against Afghanistan in the third T20I in Delhi.
Left-hander Abhishek now holds the record for the fastest hundred by a Test-playing nation (full member of ICC) batter and is the overall third-quickest in the T20I format.
The fastest T20I hundred is off 27 balls, by Estonia’s Sahil Chauhan. The second-quickest is by Muhammad Fahad of Turkey, off 29 balls.
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Abhishek also broke Rohit Sharma’s Indian record. Rohit had held the record for India with a ton off 35 balls.
After Afghanistan won the toss and invited India to bat at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Abhishek blazed his way to a memorable century, his third in T20Is.
He took just 16 balls to reach his first 50 and in the next 14 balls reached the three-figure milestone. Abhishek and Sanju Samson raised a century partnership for the first wicket.
Abhishek was finally dismissed by Rashid Khan for 108 off 34 balls with 9 fours and 11 sixes.
Fastest T20I hundreds (Top 5)
27 balls – Sahil Chauhan (Estonia vs Cyprus)
29 – Muhammad Fahad (Turkey vs Bulgaria)
30 – Abhishek Sharma (India vs Afghanistan)
33 – Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (Namibia vs Nepal), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe vs Gambia), Finn Allen (New Zealand vs South Africa)
34 – Kushal Malla (Nepal vs Mongolia)
Fast T20I hundreds for India (Top 5)
30 – Abhishek Sharma
35 – Rohit Sharma (Vs Sri Lanka, 2017)
37 – Abhishek (Vs England, 2025)
40 – Sanju Samson (Vs Bangladesh, 2024)
41 – Tilak Varma (Vs South Africa, 2024)