Abhishek Sharma's double blast! Made 2 world records in one match, broke the great record of Suryakumar and Sterling

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Abhishek Sharma Record: Indian team's star opener Abhishek Sharma may not have played a big innings in the second T20 match played against West Indies in Ranchi, but he made two big records in his name. Abhishek scored 20 runs in 12 balls and returned to the pavilion. During this short innings, he completed the fastest 1,000 T20 International runs on home ground. Apart from this, he also became the batsman who hit the most number of sixes in the first over in T20 International cricket.

Fastest 1,000 runs on home ground

Abhishek Sharma needed only 10 runs to complete 1,000 T20 International runs on Indian soil before the Ranchi T20 match. He created a new record by crossing this figure in this match. Abhishek completed his 1,000 runs at home in just 528 balls. Let us tell you that earlier this record was in the name of Suryakumar Yadav. He completed 1,000 T20 International runs in 573 balls on Indian soil. In this way Abhishek broke Suryakumar's record 45 balls earlier. Abhishek has scored 1,010 runs in 29 innings of 29 T20 International matches played in India. During this period his average was 36.07 and strike rate was 213.53. Two centuries and six half-centuries are also recorded in his name.

Record of most sixes hit in the first over

Apart from this, Abhishek Sharma has achieved another big achievement. He has become the batsman to hit the most number of sixes in the first over in T20 International cricket. He now has 14 sixes in his name in the first over. Earlier this record was jointly held by Paul Stirling of Ireland and Evin Lewis of West Indies. Both of them had hit 13 sixes each in the first over in T20 cricket. Abhishek left both of them behind by hitting one more six.

Just 33 runs away from 2,000 runs in T20 International

Let us tell you that Abhishek Sharma is close to another big achievement in international T20 cricket also. He has 1,967 runs in his name in 63 innings of 64 matches. He needs only 33 runs to complete 2,000 runs. If Abhishek crosses this figure, he will become the sixth Indian batsman to score 2,000 T20 International runs. Before him, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul have achieved this feat.

Could not play big innings for the second consecutive match

Despite making two big records, Abhishek will not be satisfied with his batting. For the second consecutive match, he could not convert a good start into a big innings. He had scored 21 runs in the first T20, while in the second match he was out after scoring 20 runs. Now the Indian team will expect a big innings from him in the next match.

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