Indian opener Abhishek Sharma has attained a mega milestone in T20s (Image Source: X/@BCCI)
What’s the story
Indian opener Abhishek Sharma has attained a mega milestone in T20s, completing 300 sixes.
The aggressive batter attained the milestone with his 3rd six in the 3rd T20I versus South Africa.
Abhishek came out all guns blazing with India needing 118 runs to win.
Alongside Shubman Gill, he put on 60 runs for the opening wicket before being dismissed.
Here are further details.
A whirlwind knock that had three sixes
Abhishek scored a whirlwind 35-run knock from just 18 balls.
He smashed three fours and three sixes, striking at 194.44.
The southpaw hit Lungi Ngidi for a six off the 1st ball of India’s innings.
He hit another four before attacking Marco Jansen in the 2nd over.
In the 5th over, Ottneil Baartman wasn’t spared by Abhishek. Thereafter, Corbin Bosch dismissed him.
A look at Abhishek’s T20 stats
Playing his 167th T20 (163 innings), Abhishek has hit 300 sixes. He owns 455 fours as well. The southpaw has scored 4,884 runs at 33.22. He has hit 28 fifties and 8 hundreds. His strike rate is 171.85, as per ESPNcricinfo.
72 sixes and 101 fours for Team India
As many as 72 T20 sixes have been hit by Abhishek’s bat for India in T20Is.
Notably, he also went past 100 fours in this contest (101).
In 31 matches, he has raced to 1,081 runs for India at 36.03. His strike rate is a staggering 188.98.
In addition to two tons, he has hit 6 fifties.
