ZIM vs IND: Team India’s 2nd T20I against Zimbabwe witnessed an Abhishek Sharma masterclass as he made amends in style with a blazing hundred to his name. He has registered a maiden T20I hundred for his country in just his 2nd game for the Men in Blue.
One Sharma retired from T20i cricket, the other Sharma took over. 🫡 pic.twitter.com/l5EfEyxuM9
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Batting at a strike rate of 212, his swashbuckling knock of 100 runs consisted of 7 boundaries and 8 sixes. Getting out on a duck in his previous match, Abhishek returned with a bang and made sure that Team India make no further slip-ups this time.
Least number of innings taken to hit a 100s for India in T20Is
2 – Abhishek Sharma*
3 – Deepak Hooda
4 – KL Rahul
Abhishek Sharma updated a few more pages from the history books as he also became the fastest player to score a hundred in terms of innings played. He surpassed Deepak hooda who scored after playing 3 innings by scoring in his 2nd innings.
ZIM vs IND: Youngest Indians to hit a hundred in T20Is
21y 279d – Yashasvi Jaiswal vs NEP, 2023
23y 146d – Shubman Gill vs NZ, 2023
23y 156d – Suresh Raina vs SA, 2010
23y 307d – Abhishek Sharma vs ZIM, 2024*
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