Century in least number of innings

Abhishek has achieved the feat of scoring the first century (full member country) in the least number of innings in T20 International, he has created a world record by doing so in just 2 innings. Before Abhishek, only Eniv Lewis and Richard Levi had scored the first T20 International century in 2 innings.

Deepak Hooda scored his first century for India in 3 innings.

3rd fastest century

Abhishek has reached the joint third position in terms of scoring the fastest century in T20 International for India. KL Rahul scored a century in 46 balls against West Indies in Lauderhill in 2016. In this list, Rohit Sharma (35 balls) is at first place and Suryakumar Yadav (45 balls) is at second place.

Sehwag and Rohit are equal

Abhishek has become the third Indian player to hit a six off his first ball in a T20 innings. Earlier, Virender Sehwag had hit a six off the first ball of his innings against New Zealand in 2009 and Rohit Sharma had hit a six off the first ball of his innings against England in 2021. Let us tell you that Abhishek completed his half-century and century by hitting a six.

It is worth noting that Abhishek made his debut for India in the first T20 International match played on Saturday. However, he returned to the pavilion without opening his account.