India vs South Africa 3rd T20I: India’s opening batsman Abhishek Sharma played an innings of 35 runs in 18 balls against South Africa on Sunday (14 December) in the third T20 International played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala, in which he hit 3 fours and 3 sixes. In this match he Indian team Was the top scorer of.
First Indian to do so
In this match, Abhishek hit a six against Lungi Ngidi on the first ball of the Indian innings. He has become the first Indian to hit a six on the first ball of the innings thrice in T-20 International. Apart from them, Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson achieved this feat once each.
Left Virat Kohli behind
Abhishek has come second in terms of being the top scorer for India in T-20 Internationals most number of times in a year. He was the top scorer of the team for the eighth time in the year 2025 and in this list he left behind Virat Kohli (year 2022).
Jaiswal-Sachin’s record broken
After this match, Abhishek has hit 53 sixes in T-20 International in the year 2025. With this, he has come at eighth position in terms of hitting most sixes for India in a year. He left behind Yashasvi Jaiswal (52) and Sachin Tendulkar (51) in this list. Rohit Sharma tops this list with 80 sixes.
It is noteworthy that in this match, the Indian team defeated South Africa by 7 wickets and took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. After being invited to bat first, the South African team was all out for 117 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. In response, India won by losing 3 wickets in 15.5 overs.
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