Abhishek Sharma has created history with his explosive batting performance against Afghanistan in the 3rd T20I. The Indian opener completed his century in just 30 balls at the Arun Jaitley Stadium and now holds the fastest hundered record in Indian men’s T20I cricket. India won by 127 runs from Afghanistan and clean sweeped the series by 3-0.

 30 Balls Century!

Abhishek Sharma was in an attack mode from the very first ball of the match.He did not give a chance to Afghanistan bowlers to even settle down and rained boundaries in the powerplay. He completed his half-century in just 16 balls and still continued the attack to complete a 30 ball century.

Abhishek scored 108 runs from 34 balls which includes 11 sixes and 9 fours and his strike rate was approximately around 300.


Rohit Sharma’s Record Broken!

The biggest highlight of this century was that he broke Rohit Sharma’s record of fastest century in T20I. Rohit scored a century in 35 balls against Sri Lanka in 2017 and was unbeaten for around 9 years until now.

 Powerplay Record

Abhishek Sharma’s aggression was not only for the century he played an impressive innings of 76 in 22 balls during the powerplay. On the other end Sanju Samson also played an aggressive innings and helped India to reach a strong position in the powerplay.

After his wicket the bowlers got a little bit of control over the game but it was too late and India made a strong finish at 222/7.

 India Beats Afghanistan by 127 Runs

Afghanistan enters the field to chase a huge target of 222 in 20 overs. The batting lineup seemed to be striuggling against the Indian Bowling attack. The wickets were falling on regular intervals and Afghanistan was all out on just 94 runs.

Final Takeaway

Abhishek Sharma’s century was a spectacular example of pure power-hitting. After breaking Rohit Sharma’s record Abhishek has set a new benchmark for Indian T20I cricket.