IND vs SA 5th T20I: The fifth T20I match between India and South Africa will be played today at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad. Team India is leading 2-1 in the 5-match series. Abhishek Sharma has a chance to create new history in this match.
Abhishek Sharma Upcoming T20i Record: The fifth match of the 5-match T20I series between India and South Africa will be played today i.e. on 19th December. Both the teams will face each other at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Indian team is leading 2-1 in this series. Till now, tough matches have been seen between the two teams. The last match was canceled due to fog in Lucknow. Abhishek Sharma’s bat did not work in the first 2 matches. Was out after scoring only 17-17 runs, but scored (35 runs from 18 balls) in the third innings. In this match he will have a chance to create new history. Can break Virat Kohli’s record.
Need 1 fifty to break Virat’s record
In the fifth T20 International against South Africa, Abhishek Sharma will break Virat Kohli’s dominance by scoring just 52 runs. He will become the batsman who has scored the most runs in T20 in a calendar year, till now Virat is leading in this list. Kohli scored 1614 runs in 2016 at an average of 89.66, which includes 4 centuries and 14 half-centuries. Now Abhishek is standing at a distance of half a century from this figure.
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Abhishek created a stir with the bat in 2025
In the year 2025, Abhishek Sharma’s bat has roared very fiercely. At present he is the number one T20I batsman in the world. So far, he has scored 1533 runs in 39 T20 matches at an average of 41.43. He has also recorded 3 centuries and 9 half-centuries in his name in this format. These figures are enough to show how fast he has progressed this year. Abhishek will now play in the third T20 International against South Africa on Wednesday. The match will be played between the two teams in Ekana.
Record of sixes was made in the third T20I
Abhishek Sharma has also made a record of opening the account with a six in the year 2025. He has done this feat 3 times. Before him, Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal had done this. Abhishek created such history in just one year. He hit a six on the first ball of Haider Ali against Pakistan in Dubai, after that he hit a six on Shaheen Shah Afridi for the second time with the same team in Dubai. This feat was achieved for the third time in the third T20 International match against South Africa. He sent Lungi Ngidi’s first ball into the constellation.
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