The Indian team won by 7 wickets in the first match of the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan. Abhishek Sharma was the hero of the Indian team’s victory in this match held at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday (13 September). Opener Abhishek scored 82 runs in just 32 balls with the help of 7 sixes and 7 fours. On the basis of Abhishek’s stormy innings, the Indian team achieved the target of 157 runs in just 13.4 overs.
During this stormy innings, Abhishek Sharma made a big record in his name. Abhishek became the fastest Indian batsman to complete 6000 runs in T20 cricket. Abhishek needed only 5 runs to achieve this feat. He achieved this feat by hitting a six on the last ball of the first over of the innings against Fazalhaq Farooqui. He completed 6000 T20 runs in 3420 balls.
Overall, the record for completing the fastest 6000 T20 runs is in the name of New Zealand’s Finn Allen. Allen achieved this feat in 3386 balls. That means Abhishek Sharma was only 34 balls behind this record. West Indies legend Andre Russell is at third place in this list with 3550 balls, while Tim David completed 6000 runs in 3681 balls.
Fastest to 6000 runs in T20 (by balls):
3386 finn allen
3420 Abhishek Sharma
3550 andre russell
3681 Tim David
3857 Will Jacques/Phil Salt
Abhishek Sharma made his IPL (Indian Premier League) debut for Delhi Capitals (DC) in the year 2018. In the debut match itself, he played a stormy inning of 46 unbeaten runs in just 19 balls. However, he did not get many opportunities in the initial years. He played three IPL matches each in 2018 and 2019. After this, in 2020 and 2021 he participated in eight matches each.
Then in IPL 2024, Abhishek Sharma caught everyone’s attention with his explosive batting. He scored 484 runs that season and on the basis of this performance, made a place in the Indian team for the first time. He made his T20 International debut for India against Zimbabwe in 2024. After this he became a regular member of the team and was also a part of the Indian team that won the 2026 T20 World Cup.
Abhishek’s T20 career has been like this
Abhishek Sharma has played 207 matches so far in his T20 career and scored 6077 runs, which included 9 centuries and 38 half-centuries. Looking at his aggressive batting, he has a chance to make many big records in the coming years. The figure of 10000 T20 runs can be included in the big goals of his career. At present, Abhishek is mainly known as a T20 batsman. He has not got a place in the Indian ODI team yet.
Abhishek Sharma last played a first class match in February 2024. Till now he has 1071 runs in his name in 24 first class matches at an average of 30.60. At present, he does not appear in the plans of the Indian Test team, whereas his stature in limited overs is continuously increasing.
