The dashing opener rode on nine fours and 10 sixes to slam a 30-ball century at the Arun Jaitely Stadium in New Delhi. It’s the fastest by an Indian in T20Is and the fastest in the world among players from Test-playing nations. He was ruthless and yet pleasing to the eye, and once again showed why he is rated so highly. Overall, he is now the third-fastest centurion in T20Is.
One could be forgiven for thinking Abhishek Sharma’s innings against Afghanistan in the third T20I on Thursday was a highlights package.
He broke the Indian record, held by Rohit Sharma (35 balls vs Sri Lanka , Indore, 2017). The innings was Abhishek’s third century in the shortest format to go with 12 half-centuries. He broke two world records – fastest T20I ton by a full-member batter and the highest individual scorer (79) in men’s T20I Powerplay. Fastest T20I hundreds (Full-Member teams) 30 – Abhishek Sharma (India) vs Afghanistan, Delhi, 2026 33 – Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) vs Gambia, Nairobi (Ruaraka), 2024 33 – Finn Allen (South Africa) vs New Zealand, Kolkata, 2026 35 – David Miller (South Africa) vs Bangladesh, Potchefstroom, 2017 35 – Rohit Sharma (India) vs Sri Lanka, Indore, 2017 Fastest T20I hundreds 27 – Sahil Chauhan (Estonia) vs Cyprus, Episkopi, 2024 29 – Muhammad Fahad (Turkey) vs Bulgaria, Sofia, 2025 30 – Abhishek Sharma (India) vs Afghanistan, Delhi, 2026 33 – Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (Namibia) vs Nepal, Kirtipur, 2024 33 – Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) vs Gambia, Nairobi (Ruaraka), 2024 33 – Finn Allen (South Africa) vs New Zealand, Kolkata, 2026 Highest individual scores in Overs 1-6 in Men’s T20Is 76* (22) – Abhishek Sharma (IND) vs AFG, Delhi, 2026 74* (25) – Kuldeep Gholiya (Portugal) vs Malta, Gibraltar, 2023 73* (22) – Travis Head (AUS) vs SCOT, Edinburgh, 2024 68* (21) – Wintley Burton (SER) vs BUL, Sofia, 2022 68* (28) – George Munsey (SCOT) vs Austria, Edinburgh, 2023
Sharma brought up his hundred with a single in the ninth over of the Indian innings.
