{"id":25446,"date":"2026-09-17T15:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=25446"},"modified":"2026-09-17T15:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:02:52","slug":"abhishek-sharma-enters-record-books-with-highest-individual-score-in-t20i-powerplay-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=25446","title":{"rendered":"Abhishek Sharma enters record books with highest individual score in T20I powerplay | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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NEW DELHI: Abhishek Sharma<\/a> set the Arun Jaitley Stadium on fire with a stunning display of power hitting against Afghanistan in the third T20I on Thursday.The left-handed opener came out attacking from the start and hit the Afghanistan bowlers for sixes and fours all over the ground.Abhishek smashed a blistering century off just 30 balls. It is the fastest T20I century by a batter from a Test-playing nation.It was also his third century in T20Is.<\/p>\n

Abhishek creates another record<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

During his explosive knock, Abhishek also registered the highest individual score in the first six overs of a men’s T20I.He scored an unbeaten 76 off just 22 balls during the first six overs against Afghanistan in Delhi.His 76-run effort moved him to the top of the list for the highest individual score in the first six overs of a men’s T20I. He went past Portugal’s Kuldeep Gholiya, who had scored 74 not out off 25 balls against Malta in Gibraltar in 2023.Australia’s Travis Head is third on the list with an unbeaten 73 off 22 balls against Scotland in Edinburgh in 2024.<\/p>\n

Highest individual scores in Overs 1-6 in Men’s T20Is<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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Score<\/th>\nBatter<\/th>\nMatch<\/th>\nVenue<\/th>\nYear<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
76(22)<\/em>*<\/td>\nAbhishek Sharma (IND)<\/strong><\/td>\nIndia vs Afghanistan<\/td>\nDelhi<\/td>\n2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74*(25)<\/td>\nKuldeep Gholiya (Portugal)<\/td>\nPortugal vs Malta<\/td>\nGibraltar<\/td>\n2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73*(22)<\/td>\nTravis Head (AUS)<\/td>\nAustralia vs Scotland<\/td>\nEdinburgh<\/td>\n2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68*(21)<\/td>\nWintley Burton (SER)<\/td>\nSerbia vs Bulgaria<\/td>\nSofia<\/td>\n2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68*(28)<\/td>\nGeorge Munsey (SCOT)<\/td>\nScotland vs Austria<\/td>\nEdinburgh<\/td>\n2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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Fastest hundreds in T20Is<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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Player<\/th>\nBalls<\/th>\nMatch<\/th>\nVenue<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Sahil Chauhan<\/td>\n27<\/strong><\/td>\nEstonia vs Cyprus<\/td>\nEpiskopi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muhammad Fahad<\/td>\n29<\/strong><\/td>\nTurkey vs Bulgaria<\/td>\nSofia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton<\/td>\n33<\/strong><\/td>\nNamibia vs Nepal<\/td>\nKirtipur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sikandar Raza<\/td>\n33<\/strong><\/td>\nZimbabwe vs Gambia<\/td>\nNairobi (Ruaraka)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finn Allen<\/td>\n33<\/strong><\/td>\nNew Zealand vs South Africa<\/td>\nKolkata<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kushal Malla<\/td>\n34<\/strong><\/td>\nNepal vs Mongolia<\/td>\nHangzhou<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DA Miller<\/td>\n35<\/strong><\/td>\nSouth Africa vs Bangladesh<\/td>\nPotchefstroom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RG Sharma<\/td>\n35<\/strong><\/td>\nIndia vs Sri Lanka<\/td>\nIndore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S Wickramasekara<\/td>\n35<\/strong><\/td>\nCzech Republic vs Turkey<\/td>\nIlfov County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kushal Bhurtel<\/td>\n35<\/strong><\/td>\nNepal vs China<\/td>\nSingapore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abhishek Sharma<\/td>\n37<\/strong><\/td>\nIndia vs England<\/td>\nWankhede<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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