Abhishek accrued 106 runs in solely 29 deliveries, together with eight boundaries and 11 maximums, at a strike fee of 365.52.
Abhishek Sharma was at his threatening greatest throughout his staff’s newest Syed Mushtaq Ali fixture in opposition to Meghalaya in Rajkot. He scored the second-fastest century in T20 cricket, and the joint-fastest century by an Indian batter, taking solely 28 deliveries.
Quickest Centuries by Indian Batters in T20 Cricket
Batter | Balls Taken | Staff | Opponent | Yr |
Urvil Patel | 28 | Gujarat | Tripura | 2024 |
Abhishek Sharma | 28 | Punjab | Meghalaya | 2024 |
Rishabh Pant | 32 | Delhi | Himachal Pradesh | 2018 |
Rohit Sharma | 35 | India | Sri Lanka | 2017 |
Urvil Patel | 36 | Gujarat | Uttarakhand | 2024 |
Urvil Patel additionally took 28 deliveries for his ton in opposition to Tripura, and Abhishek has emulated his file. The quickest nonetheless stays with Sahil Chauhan, who took solely 27 balls to finish the three-digit mark in opposition to Cyprus earlier this yr.
Quickest Centuries in T20 Cricket
Batter | Balls Taken | Staff | Opponent | Yr |
Sahil Chauhan | 27 | Estonia | Cyprus | 2024 |
Urvil Patel | 28 | Gujarat | Tripura | 2024 |
Abhishek Sharma | 28 | Punjab | Meghalaya | 2024 |
Chris Gayle | 30 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Pune Warriors India | 2013 |
Rishabh Pant | 32 | Delhi | Himachal Pradesh | 2018 |
Abhishek accrued 106 runs in solely 29 deliveries, together with eight boundaries and 11 maximums, at a strike fee of 365.52. Amongst all 100+ run knocks, his strike fee is the greatest in a T20 innings, breaking Sahil Chauhan’s strike fee of 351.21.
92.45% of his runs got here through fours and sixes, and Abhishek performed solely 4 dot balls whereas hitting a boundary each 1.53 deliveries throughout this knock. He holds the file for many sixes (87) in a calendar yr by an Indian batter now, surpassing Suryakumar Yadav’s earlier achievement, who hit 85 sixes in 2022.
Punjab beat Meghalaya by 7 wickets in Rajkot
After successful the toss, Meghalaya opted to bat first and scored 142/7 of their allotted 20 overs. Arpit Bhatewara top-scored 31 runs, whereas Larry Sangma (21) and Yogesh Tiwari (20) additionally bought begins however couldn’t convert them into large scores.
Abhishek Sharma and Ramandeep Singh took two wickets, whereas Ashwani Kumar, Harpreet Brar, and Sohraab Dhaliwal dismissed a batter every for Punjab. Punjab misplaced Harnoor Singh (6) within the third over and Salil Arora (1) couldn’t final lengthy both.
Nevertheless, Abhishek Sharma was on a boundary-hitting spree and was fluent from the phrase go. Sohraab Dhaliwal supported him nicely and compiled 22 runs in 15 deliveries, together with two boundaries and a most, at a strike fee of 146.66.
Later, Ramandeep Singh (8) supplied the ending touches as Punjab chased down the whole in simply 9.3 overs with 63 balls to spare. It was a whole staff effort from Punjab, however Abhishek Sharma, who singlehandedly received them the sport, was ruthless together with his method.
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