Last Updated:November 08, 2025, 14:09 IST
World No. 1 T20I batter Abhishek Sharma becomes the quickest batter in the world to score 1000 runs in T20Is.
Abhishek Sharma becomes quickest batter in the world to score 1000 runs in T20Is. (Picture Credit: AP)
World No. 1 T20I batter Abhishek Sharma entered his name in the history books on Saturday (November 8) by becoming the quickest batter in the world to score 1000 runs in T20Is. The 24-year-old left-handed batter from Amritsar, who made his T20I debut for India on July 6, 2024, against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, needed 11 runs in the ongoing fifth India-Australia T20I at The Gabba in Brisbane to complete 1000 runs in T20Is, and he achieved the objective during the fourth over of India’s innings.
Abhishek needed a total of 528 balls to reach the 1000-run mark in T20Is.
Before him the record of being the fastest batter to score 1000 runs in T20Is was in the name of India’s current T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav.
Surya made his T20I debut for India against England in Ahmedabad on March 14, 2021, and needed 573 balls to join the 1000-run club in T20Is.
Fastest to 1000 runs in T20Is for one team (by balls faced)
PLAYERTEAMBALLSAbhishek SharmaIndia528Suryakumar YadavIndia573Phil SaltEngland599Glenn MaxwellAustralia604Finn AllenNew Zealand609Andre RussellWest Indies609
As far as the record of being the fastest batter to score 1000 runs in T20Is for one team is concerned, it was in the name of Tim David before Abhishek. David needed 569 balls to reach the 1000-run mark in the 20-over format of the game for Australia.
Abhishek is the 12th Indian batter to score 1000 runs in T20Is. Abhishek, who is 25 years and 65 days old, is also the youngest Indian to score 1000 runs in T20Is.
Most runs for India in T20Is
PLAYERMATCHESINNINGSRUNSBEST SCORERohit Sharma1591514231121*Virat Kohli1251174188122*Suryakumar Yadav94892754117KL Rahul72682265110*Hardik Pandya12094186071*Shikhar Dhawan6866175992MS Dhoni9885161756Suresh Raina78661605101Rishabh Pant7666120965*Yuvraj Singh5851117777*Shreyas Iyer5147110474*Abhishek Sharma29*28*1000*135Tilak Varma3633996120*Sanju Samson5143995111
Abhishek needed 29 matches to join the 1000-run club in T20Is for India. He is the joint-fastest Indian in terms of matches to score 1000 runs in T20Is. During his playing days, Virat Kohli also scored his 1000th T20I run in the 29th match.
Fastest to 1000 runs in T20Is for India (in terms of matches)
PLAYERMATCHESINNINGSVirat Kohli2927Abhishek Sharma2928KL Rahul3229Suryakumar Yadav3331Rohit Sharma4740First Published:
November 08, 2025, 13:59 IST
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