Abhishek Sharma can break Virat’s recordImage Credit source: PTI
Before the T20 World Cup 2026, the Indian team seems to be in excellent form. After winning the Asia Cup and winning the T20 series in Australia, the Indian team has now made a strong start against South Africa. Team India defeated South Africa by 101 runs in the very first match of the series. Team India’s victory came despite the failure of its star opener Abhishek Sharma, who could not score big in this match. But next time when he comes on the field, he will not only want to play a explosive innings, but in his eyes, Virat Kohli will also have a big record.
Will Abhishek rock on home ground?
In the first match of the T20 series on 9 December at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack. Abhishek Sharma His bat did not work and he could score only 17 runs in 12 balls. During this time, he did not appear to be completely in rhythm and like all the top order batsmen, he too struggled to play freely. However, Hardik Pandya came later and played a stormy innings and took the team to such a score, which proved impossible for South Africa.
But despite the failure of the first match, Abhishek Sharma can prove to be the ace of success for Team India in the second T20 match. One reason for this is that this match to be held on 11th December will be held in Mullanpur Cricket Stadium, Chandigarh, which is, in a way, the home ground for Abhishek. Secondly, scoring runs on this ground will not be as difficult as in Cuttack and here his bat can show its magic.
Eyes on breaking Virat Kohli’s record
Now let’s talk about the record. Abhishek Sharma has been creating a stir in the cricket world since last year and this year he is continuously breaking records. Abhishek, who has already made the record of 1000 T20 International runs in the fewest balls, is now close to breaking Virat’s record. The thing is that this year Abhishek has only 4 T20 matches left and if he scores 99 runs in these 4 matches, he will break a big record of Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli had scored 1614 runs in 29 T20 innings in 2016. This is the record of most runs scored by any Indian batsman in T20 cricket in a year. Abhishek Sharma has scored 1516 runs in 37 innings so far this year. In such a situation, if he scores 99 runs in the next 4 matches, he will break Virat’s record and make it his own. The kind of stormy batting that Abhishek does, it seems that he can break this record in Chandigarh itself.