Virat Kohli Record: A big record of India’s legendary batsman Virat Kohli was saved from being broken. Abhishek Sharma had reached very close to him, but remained a few runs away. Abhishek scored 34 runs in the fifth match against South Africa.
Abhishek Sharma Missed Virat Kohli Record: Abhishek Sharma played an inning of 34 runs in the fifth T20 International match against South Africa. He started batting for Team India in the manner for which he is known. He faced 21 balls, hitting 6 fours and 1 six. Due to his lethal start, Team India scored 231 runs in 20 overs. In reply, the visiting team was able to reach 201 runs and India won the match by 30 runs. A big record of Virat Kohli was not broken in this match. Abhishek missed that record.
Virat Kohli’s record saved by 12 runs
Abhishek Sharma had come close to breaking a record of Virat Kohli in the last T20 International against South Africa, but missed by just 12 runs. This record was for India scoring the most runs in T20 cricket in a calendar year, which was recorded in the name of Virat. In the year 2016, King Kohli had scored 1614 runs in 29 innings. Abhishek was close to breaking this record, but he stopped at 1602. In such a situation, King Kohli’s record was saved from being broken and now it will not be easy for any batsman to break it.
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Abhishek’s bat played well in the year 2025
The year 2025 is now over for Abhishek Sharma as there is no T20I cricket. Now in the year 2026, he will be seen playing for India. This year Abhishek scored a lot of runs with the bat. However, his bat did not perform much in the T20 International series against South Africa. He could score only 103 in 4 innings. Not a single half-century came from his bat, but he made a splash before that. On the Australia tour, he scored 163 runs in 5 innings at an average of 40.75 and strike rate of 161.39. Scored 314 runs in 7 innings in Asia Cup. Scored 279 runs in 5 matches against England. Even in IPL 2025, he scored 439 runs in 13 innings. This year many centuries also came from his bat.
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