New Delhi: In the gold medal match of Asian Games 2026, India, batting first against Pakistan, scored 211 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Verma scored brilliant half-centuries in the Indian innings. Abhishek scored 61 runs in 28 balls, while Tilak played an unbeaten inning of 51 runs in 22 balls. During this period, Team India and its players made many records in their name.
India's score of 211/6 became its highest team total in T20Is against Pakistan. Earlier, India's highest score was 192/5, which was made in Ahmedabad in 2012. In this match, the Indian team was successful in crossing the 200-run mark in T20I against Pakistan for the first time.
Abhishek equaled Yuvraj in sixes
Abhishek Sharma hit 7 sixes in his innings. With this, he equaled Yuvraj Singh in terms of hitting most sixes in a T20I innings against Pakistan. Yuvraj had hit 7 sixes against Pakistan in 2012. Abhishek now has a total of 14 sixes in T20Is against Pakistan. In this matter, he has left behind Virat Kohli's 11 sixes.
Abhishek has also crossed the mark of 100 sixes in T20 cricket in 2026. He is the first Indian batsman to do so. Earlier in 2025 also he had hit 108 sixes. That means he has achieved this feat in two different calendar years.
Record of powerplay and half century also
India scored 81/2 runs in the first 6 overs, which is their highest T20I powerplay score against Pakistan. Whereas Abhishek completed his half-century in just 20 balls. Tilak Verma completed his half-century in 21 balls, which was India's second fastest half-century against Pakistan. Apart from this, Ishan Kishan achieved the feat of becoming the second Indian batsman to complete 1000 T20I runs in a calendar year.