Abhishek Sharma had an amazing game in the first T20I match against England on Wednesday, scoring a quick 50 runs in just 20 balls! This was one of the fastest half-centuries in T20 cricket. He also hit a record eight sixes, the most by any Indian player in a run chase during a T20I match. The game took place at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
India’s bowlers did a fantastic job, getting England out for only 132 runs. Varun Chakravarthy took three wickets for 23 runs, and Axar Patel took two wickets for 22 runs. England’s captain, Jos Buttler, was the only one who put up a fight, scoring 68 runs off 44 balls before getting out.
When India came to bat, they chased down the target in just 12.5 overs and won by seven wickets. Abhishek Sharma made a sensational 79 runs off just 34 balls, hitting eight sixes! Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma also helped out with 26 and 19 runs, respectively.
Abhishek’s sixes included three against Adil Rashid, two against Mark Wood, and one each against Jofra Archer, Jamie Overton, and Gus Atkinson. His eight sixes beat the previous Indian record of six sixes in a T20I chase, shared by players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
The record for the most sixes in a T20I chase globally is 18, set by Estonia’s Sahil Chauhan. From Full Member teams, Richard Levi from South Africa holds the record with 13 sixes against New Zealand.
Indian players, especially left-handers, have a history of dominating in T20I matches against England, inspired by legends like Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj, who mentored Abhishek, holds the record for the fastest fifty in T20 cricket, scored in just 12 balls back in 2007.
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