Abhishek Sharma scored a brilliant half-century with 6 sixes, equaling Guru Yuvraj after 16 years

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|23-01-2025

Team India's young opener Abhishek Sharma is known for his explosive batting. Something similar was seen in the first match of the T20 series against England. In this match, Abhishek Sharma scored a half-century at a strike rate of more than 250 and gave a tough class to the England bowlers. With this, he also equaled former Team India player Yuvraj Singh in a special record.

Abhishek Sharma scored a brilliant half century

Abhishek Sharma completed his half-century in 20 balls in this match. He batted at a strike rate of 255 to reach his half-century. During this he hit 3 fours and 6 sixes. Let us tell you, this is the third fastest half-century scored by Indian batting in India. He has equaled Yuvraj Singh in this list. Yuvraj Singh scored a half-century in 20 balls against Sri Lanka in the year 2009. Whereas, in India, Gautam Gambhir has scored fifty in 19 balls and Suryakumar Yadav has scored fifty in 18 balls.

Yuvraj's record broken after 18 years

Abhishek Sharma scored a total of 79 runs in 34 balls in this match. During this, he hit 5 fours and 8 sixes at a strike rate of 232.35. With this he left Yuvraj Singh behind in a special record. Actually, Abhishek Sharma has become the first Indian to hit 8 sixes in a T20 match against England. Earlier, Yuvraj Singh had hit 7 sixes against England during the 2007 T20 World Cup. During this match, Yuvraj also hit 6 consecutive sixes in 6 balls.

Abhishek Sharma's inning made the target easy

Team India had a target of 133 runs to win this match. Due to this innings of Abhishek Sharma, this target became very easy for Team India. By the time he was out, Team India had scored 125 runs in 11.5 overs. At the same time, this was the second half-century of Abhishek Sharma's T20 career. Before this, he has also scored a century for Team India.

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