Abhishek Sharma Breaks World Record: Abhishek Sharma broke Andre Russell’s world record, scored the fastest 5 thousand runs in T20.

New Delhi. World No. 1 T20 batsman and India’s explosive opener Abhishek Sharma registered his name in the record books by playing another explosive innings on Wednesday (January 21). He achieved this feat by becoming the fastest batsman to complete 5000 runs in T20 cricket. The 25-year-old left-handed batsman from Amritsar scored 84 runs in just 35 balls against New Zealand at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. During his innings, he hit 5 fours and 8 sixes and with this he also completed 5000 runs in T20 format.

Abhishek Sharma needed 82 runs in the first T20 of India-New Zealand to complete 5000 runs in T20 and he achieved this target in just 33 balls. Before Abhishek, the record of fastest completing 5000 runs in T20 was in the name of West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell. Russell had completed 5000 runs in 2942 balls.

Batsmen who completed 5000 runs in the fewest balls in T20:

2898 – Abhishek Sharma (India)
2942 – Andre Russell (West Indies)
3127 – Tim David (Australia/Singapore)
3196 – Will Jacques (England)
3239 – Glenn Maxwell (Australia)

Abhishek Sharma was unlucky to miss out on a century, but his innings of 84 took him to third place in the list of Indian batsmen with the highest individual scores in T20 Internationals against New Zealand. Abhishek crossed the mark of 5000 runs in T20 cricket. He has become only the 131st player in the history of this format to achieve this feat. But what makes him different from everyone else is his speed of scoring runs. Of all the batsmen who have scored 5000 T20 runs, no one has a strike rate higher than Abhishek’s tremendous 172.54, which is a clear proof of his aggressive batting. He achieved this feat in 165 innings, making him the fourth fastest Indian to achieve this feat.

Fastest Indian batsman to score 5000 T20 runs

143 innings – KL Rahul

145 innings – Ruturaj Gaikwad

154 innings – Shubman Gill

165 innings – Abhishek Sharma

167 innings – Virat Kohli

Abhishek batted aggressively from the beginning. India had scored 68 runs for 2 wickets in the first six overs, in which Abhishek contributed 31 runs in just 15 balls. Ishan Kishan’s comeback did not last long and he was out after scoring eight runs, while Sanju Samson also returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs. But Abhishek ensured that India’s momentum did not slow down despite the fall of early wickets.