Abhishek Sharma created history, broke Rohit Sharma's record of sixes, became number-1 against Afghanistan

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IND vs AFG 3rd T20I: Indian star opener Abhishek Sharma has created history. Abhishek Sharma has made a big record by hitting a six in the third T20I match against Afghanistan. He has broken the record of Rohit Sharma. Abhishek has now become the Indian player to hit the most sixes in T20 International against Afghanistan. By scoring fifty in 16 balls, Abhishek Sharma has equaled the record of Virat Kohli, apart from this he has also left Shivam Dubey behind.

Abhishek Sharma broke Rohit Sharma's record

Abhishek Sharma had 11 sixes in his name before the start of the third match against Afghanistan. He was jointly at number one with Rohit Sharma, but as soon as the match started, Abhishek hit a brilliant six in the very first over. With this, Abhishek Sharma left Rohit Sharma behind and became the Indian player to hit the most number of T20 International sixes against Afghanistan.

Abhishek Sharma also broke Shivam Dubey's record

Abhishek Sharma has made another record in his name in this match. Earlier, the record of scoring the most runs for India in a T20 series against Afghanistan was held in the name of Shivam Dubey. Shivam had scored a total of 124 runs in the series played in the year 2024. Whereas Abhishek had scored 121 runs in two innings before the third match (82 runs in the first match and 39 runs in the second match). Now, by scoring 4 runs in the third T20 match, Abhishek Sharma has destroyed Shivam Dubey's record. Now Abhishek Sharma has become the batsman who has scored the most runs for India in a bilateral T20 series against Afghanistan.

Abhishek Sharma equaled Virat Kohli

Abhishek Sharma has equaled the legendary Indian players by playing another brilliant half-century in the third T-20 match. This is the second half-century scored by Abhishek in the T-20 International against Afghanistan, before this he had also scored a half-century in the first match of the series. By scoring this fifty in the third T-20, Abhishek Sharma has equaled the record of Virat Kohli, Shivam Dubey, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma in terms of scoring the most half-centuries for India against Afghanistan. All these legendary batsmen have two half-centuries each in T20 International against Afghanistan, and now Abhishek Sharma has also joined this special club.

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