Abhishek Sharma once again created havoc in the third T20 against New Zealand. While chasing the target of 154 runs, he hit fifty in 14 balls and played a brilliant inning of 68 runs in 20 balls. During this inning, Abhishek made many records, but there is one record which you will be surprised to know. This is the record of scoring the most runs in T20I without playing the dot ball. Yes, Abhishek Sharma has made this world record in his name. Abhishek Sharma did not play a single dot ball in the third T20 against New Zealand.
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Abhishek Sharma hit 7 fours and 5 skyscraper sixes in 20 balls. Out of 68, he scored 58 runs in the boundary, while the remaining 10 runs were scored by running between the wickets in 8 balls. Before Abhishek Sharma, the record of scoring the most runs in T20I without playing a dot ball was in the name of Canada’s Harsh Thackeray, who played an unbeaten inning of 53 runs on 18 balls in 2025. He hit 3 fours and 5 sixes in his innings. Abhishek Sharma’s 20-ball innings is also the joint longest innings played without any dot delivery. Before him, former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik had played an unbeaten inning of 40 runs in 20 balls against Australia in 2016, during this innings he did not play a single dot ball.
India’s record-breaking win over New Zealand
In the Guwahati T20, New Zealand, batting first, had set a target of 154 runs for India, Jasprit Bumrah took three wickets by spending only 17 runs in his quota of 4 overs, while Ravi Bishnoi also took 2 wickets by spending 18 runs in 4 overs. Team India created history by chasing this target in just 10 overs on the basis of stormy innings of Abhishek Sharma and captain Suryakumar Yadav. Abhishek Sharma scored 68 runs on 20 balls and Surya scored unbeaten 57 runs on 26 balls.
