Start with sixes, half-century with sixes and century with sixes, the record of India's stormy batsmen continues

Abhishek Sharma, IND vs ZIM 2nd T20I: The Indian team made a strong comeback in the T20 series against Zimbabwe. In the match played in Harare on Sunday, July 7, India defeated Zimbabwe by 100 runs. In this match, the Indian team scored 234 runs for two wickets. In reply, the Zimbabwe team was all out for 134 runs in 18.4 overs. With this win, India has leveled the five-match series 1-1.

Abhishek Sharma was the hero of India's victory in the match against Zimbabwe

2nd T20I against Zimbabwe Abhishek Sharma was the hero of India's victory in the T20I. In the second T20I of his career, he scored 100 runs in 47 balls with the help of 7 fours and 8 sixes.

Abhishek completed his century in 46 balls by hitting three consecutive sixes against Wellington Masakadza in the 14th over of the innings. However, he was out on the second ball of Wellington Masakadza.

This is a big achievement in T20 history

In his debut match, Abhishek could not open his account after playing 4 balls. But in this match, he created a stir. In this match, Abhishek opened his account with a six. After this, he completed his half-century with a six and a century with a six. This is a big achievement in T20 history. If seen, Abhishek scored 72 runs in his last 23 balls with the help of seven sixes and five fours. Whereas Abhishek scored only 28 runs in the first 24 balls.

He made this record by hitting three consecutive sixes and completing a century

Abhishek Sharma has become the first Indian cricketer to complete a century by hitting three consecutive sixes in an international match. Abhishek is also the first Indian player to score a century in his second T20 international match. Earlier, Deepak Hooda had scored a century in the third match, whose record has been broken.

In this match, Abhishek Sharma scored 65 runs against spinners, which is the highest number of runs for India in a T20 International match.

He surpassed Yuvraj Singh's 57 runs. Yuvraj had made it against Pakistan in Ahmedabad in 2012. Abhishek scored 65 runs in 28 balls against the spinners in this match which included six sixes and four fours.

Abhishek is the third player to score a century in T20 International on Zimbabwean soil. Before Abhishek, only Aaron Finch (Australia) and Steven Taylor (USA) could do this. Finch played an innings of 172 runs against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2018. While Steven Taylor scored an unbeaten 101 against Jersey in Bulawayo in 2022.

Youngest Indian to score a century in T20I

21 years 279 days – Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Nepal, 2023

23 years 146 days – Shubman Gill vs New Zealand, 2023

23 years 156 days – Suresh Raina vs South Africa, 2010

23 years 307 days – Abhishek Sharma vs Zimbabwe, 2024*

Abhishek is close to Yuvraj Singh

Abhishek is also very close to cricketer Yuvraj Singh, he has been seen working out with Yuvraj many times. Yuvraj has also guided him. Yuvraj himself has praised Abhishek many times. Yuvraj had also said in an interview that he sees a glimpse of himself in Abhishek. Apart from this, Abhishek is a childhood friend of Indian cricketer Shubman Gill, both have played a lot of cricket with each other at the junior level.