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Abhishek Sharma on the verge of breaking major T20 records ahead of fourth match
- •Abhishek Sharma is on the verge of breaking the world record for the most sixes in a single calendar year in international T20 cricket.
- •He currently stands level with Suryakumar Yadav's record of 68 sixes and needs just one more six to claim the milestone outright.
- •The young opener also needs only 25 more runs to complete 1000 T20 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.
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Abhishek Sharma is on the verge of breaking Suryakumar Yadav's record for the most international T20 sixes in a single calendar year, needing just one more six after hitting 68. He also needs 25 runs to complete 1,000 T20 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium and 79 runs to enter the 1,000-run T20I club for the year.
Abhishek Sharma became the fastest player to reach 2,000 T20I runs in terms of balls faced, achieving the milestone in just 1,024 deliveries. He surpassed the previous record held by Suryakumar Yadav, who took 1,164 deliveries to reach the same milestone.
During the third T20I against the West Indies in Indore, Abhishek Sharma smashed an 18-ball half-century. This performance set a new record for the fastest T20I half-century by an Indian player against the West Indies, breaking the previous 21-ball record shared by Virat Kohli and Sanju Samson.
