Abhishek Sharma has created history in T20 cricket. He has equaled the Indian record of fastest century. The left-handed opener did this feat against Meghalaya in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy. Playing for Punjab, Abhishek completed his century in just 28 balls. In this way, he has equaled the record of Gujarat batsman Urvil Patel.

Abhishek Sharma equaled Urvil Patel

Gujarat's wicketkeeper batsman Urvil Patel had created a new Indian record by scoring a century in 28 balls in a match played in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy on 27 November. Now Abhishek Sharma has also equaled him. This is the sixth century of Abhishek Sharma's T20 career.

Abhishek scored unbeaten 106 runs in 29 balls.

While chasing the target of 143 runs in 20 overs from Meghalaya, Abhishek Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 106 runs in 29 balls. With a strike rate of 365.52, Abhishek Sharma hit 11 sixes and 8 fours in his innings. During this innings, Abhishek completed his century on the 28th ball.

Thanks to Abhishek Sharma's stormy century, Punjab team won the match against Meghalaya by 7 wickets in 10 overs. Punjab had scored 144 runs after losing 3 wickets in 9.3 overs.

Meghalaya's batting condition

Earlier, batting first, Meghalaya had scored 142 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. No batsman from Meghalaya scored even a half-century, the highest score of their team was 31 runs. Top 6 batsmen of Meghalaya managed to touch double figures.