In just his second T20I match, Abhishek Sharma made history by scoring a maiden century in just 46 balls, becoming the quickest Indian to achieve this feat.
India opener Abhishek Sharma achieved a remarkable milestone by scoring his maiden T20I century in just his second match against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on Sunday, July 7th. After India won the toss, Abhishek started cautiously following Shubman Gill’s dismissal, reaching his half-century in 33 balls.
Earlier, Abhishek had begun with a disappointing duck in the first T20I, where India lost by 13 runs. However, in the second match, he bounced back strongly, partnering with Ruturaj Gaikwad to stabilize the innings. Abhishek’s innings featured a powerful start with a six off off-spinner Brian Bennett and a fortunate escape when dropped on 24 by Wellington Masakadza.
The highlight came in the 11th over when he aggressively scored 26 runs off medium-pacer Dion Myers, including three fours and two sixes. Abhishek Sharma swiftly doubled his score, achieving the fastest T20I hundred by an Indian debutant, surpassing Deepak Hooda’s record set in his third innings against Ireland. He reached the milestone with three consecutive sixes off Masakadza but was caught at backward point off and dismissed in the next delivery. Abhishek’s rapid century came off just 46 balls.
Abhishek sharma just batting like a WOW.
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar) July 7, 2024
Game changer ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ช #INDvsZIM
๐ช๐. ๐๐๐ฉ๐. ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐. ๐๐ฅ@IamAbhiSharma4 ๐งก pic.twitter.com/btm6uPPksF
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) July 7, 2024
ABHISHEK SHARMA HUNDRED MOMENT. ๐คฏ
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 7, 2024
– 6,6,6 when Abhishek was batting on 82* ๐ฅ pic.twitter.com/0OubKlnauI
Magnificent ๐ฏ!!
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) July 7, 2024
Abhishek Sharma scores a blazing ๐๐-๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ in just his second T20I. All you can do is stand and admire! Sensational innings… ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐#AbhishekSharma #T20Is #ZIMvIND pic.twitter.com/3WrVTpoGvB
๐ฎ Abhishek Sharma brings up his maiden T20I 100 in style.
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) July 7, 2024
๐ซก Take a bow, young gun!#AbhishekSharma #ZIMvIND #ZIMvsIND #TeamIndia #BharatArmy #COTI๐ฎ๐ณ
Last Updated on July 7, 2024
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