Right-handed batsman Abhishek Sharma has got a new name Abhisheksharma on social media. The reason behind this is that he hits sixes in a fearless manner. If he feels that the ball is in his court then he has the ability to send the first ball across the boundary. This is his biggest strength, due to which he has made many world records in his name so far. In this series, he achieved another world record during the third T20 International match played against New Zealand on Sunday 25 January.
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Abhishek Sharma came to play his 36th T20 International match on Sunday. In the third T20 International match against New Zealand, Abhishek Sharma came out to bat in this format for the 35th time and hit 5 sixes in his innings. With this he became the new Sixer King in T20 International cricket. Abhishek Sharma’s number of sixes in T20 International cricket has increased to 86 after 35 innings, which is more than any other batsman. Abhishek Sharma has broken the record of his captain Suryakumar Yadav. Suryakumar Yadav had hit 80 sixes in T20 International cricket after 35 innings, while at third place in the list is Evin Lewis of West Indies, who had hit 76 sixes in the first 35 innings of T20 International cricket. The name of UAE’s Muhammad Wasim is included at number four, who hit 75 sixes in the first 35 innings. At number five comes the name of West Indies opener Chris Gayle, who hit 66 sixes in the first 35 innings of T20 International cricket.
Most sixes in T20I cricket after 35 innings
86 – Abhishek Sharma
80 – Suryakumar Yadav
76 – Evin Lewis
75 – Muhammad Wasim
66 – Chris Gayle
Abhishek Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 68 runs in the third T20 match with the help of 7 fours and 5 sixes in 20 balls. During this period his strike rate was 340. He completed his half-century in just 14 balls, which is the second fastest half-century by any Indian batsman in T20 International cricket.
