Abhishek Sharma Creates History, Breaks Mohammad Rizwan’s Record; Becomes First Player In The World To…

Abhishek Sharma shattered the record book as he continued his dream run of form in the 2025 Asia Cup during the final Super Four stage match of the tournament between India and Sri Lanka on Friday (September 26) at the Dubai International Stadium with a knock of 61 in just 31 balls at a strike-rate of 196.77 in a knock that included eight boundaries and two sixes.

This is the third successive half-century for Abhishek in the tournament, having also reached the milestone in the second round games against Pakistan and Bangladesh with knocks of 74 of 39, and 75 of 37, respectively. In the three group stage games, Abhishek scores of 30s in all matches. He has a stunning tally of 309 runs in six innings with an average of 51.40 and strike-rate of 204.6,4 which have seen him hit 31 fours and 19 sixes.

Abhishek Sharma Breaks Mohammad Rizwan’s Record

Abhishek went past Mohammad Rizwan’s tally and has the most runs in a single edition in the single edition of the Asia Cup in the T20 format. The 25-year-old broke the record of the Pakistan wicket-keeper batter, which he set in the 2022 edition when his team lost to Sri Lanka in the final.

Most Runs In Single Edition Of T20I Asia Cup

Player Runs Year
Abhishek Sharma 309 2025
Mohammad Rizwan 281 2022
Virat Kohli 276 2022

Abhishek is overall only the eight player from a full-member team to score over 300 runs from a full-member team in a T20I series or tournament. He needs only 23 runs in the final to break Phil Salt’s record to go top of the list and only 12 runs to go past Virat Kohli’ record for most runs in a multi-national event.

Abhishek Sharma’s World Record

Abhishek’s tally of 50 boundaries in the 2025 Asia Cup (31 fours, 19 sixes) is the most by a player from a Test playing country in a T20I series or tournament. He broke Tilakartene Dilshan’s world record, which was set during the 2009 T20 World Cup .

Most Boundaries In A Single T20I Series/Tourmament

Player Boundaries Fours Sixes Tournament
Abhishek Sharma 50 31 19 Asia cup 2025
Tilakartene Dilshan 49 46 3 T20 WC 2009
Phil Salt 46 24 22 England tour of West Indies 2023-24
Abhishek Sharma 46 24 22 India vs England 2024-25
Finn Allen 45 20 25 New Zealand vs Pakistan 2023-24
Aaron Finch 44 25 19 Zimbabwe T20I Tri-Series 2018

Abhishek’s strike-rate is the best among the players to make over 300 runs a tournament after Aaron Finch. The star batter is only the second Indian after Virat Kohli (4) to score more than 250 runs in a T20I series or tournament.

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