Abhishek Sharma scripts records with his 4th T20I hundred: Stats
What's the story
Abhishek Sharma, one of the most explosive T20 openers in the game today, has raced to his fourth hundred in T20I cricket. He achieved this feat during India's third T20I match against New Zealand in Wellington on Tuesday. The left-handed batsman attacked from the outset in India's chase of 199 runs. During the course, he also became the third Indian to complete 150 T20I sixes.
Milestone
Abhishek joins Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav
Abhishek made his T20I debut in 2024 and took just 70 matches (69 innings) to complete the milestone of 150 sixes.
He is now only the third Indian, after Rohit Sharma (205) and Suryakumar Yadav (179), to achieve this feat.
Overall, he is the eighth batter from a Full Member team to reach this landmark.
Abhishek also has over 200 fours in T20Is.
Performance
Over 2,200 runs in T20Is
Earlier this month, Abhishek became the sixth Indian to score 2,000 runs in T20I cricket.
He has now gone past the 2,200-run mark at an average of over 32.
The batsman now has four centuries and 14 half-centuries to his name.
Notably, Abhishek's strike rate of over 194 is the best for any player with a minimum of 1,000 runs in T20Is.