Abhishek Sharma

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Abhishek Sharma
Personal information
Born (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24) [1]
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm) [2]
BattingLeft-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
RoleBatting all-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut(cap  111)6 July 2024 v  Zimbabwe
Last T20I2 February 2025 v  England
T20I shirt no.4
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Men's cricket
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
U19 World Cup
Winner 2018 New Zealand
U19 Asia Cup
Winner 2016 Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 April 2025

Abhishek Sharma (born 4 September 2000) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India national team. [3] He made his debut against Zimbabwe in July 2024. [4] He plays as a left-handed opening batter and a left arm spinner. In domestic cricket, he represents Punjab and in the Indian Premier League, he plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad. [5] Sharma became the number one ranked T20I batter in 2025. [6]

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Early life

Sharma was born on 4 September 2000 in Amritsar, Punjab to Manju Sharma and Raj Kumar Sharma. He is the youngest of three, with two elder sisters Komal and Sania. [2] He completed his schooling from Delhi Public School. [2] He is a friend of Shubman Gill since childhood and they used to open the innings for Punjab in the under-14s. [7] Yuvraj Singh played a role in coaching Sharma during the COVID-19 lockdown period. [8]

Youth career

U16 & U19 domestic

Sharma scored a century in his maiden U-16 match in the domestic cricket tournament for the 2015–2016 Vijay Merchant Trophy. He scored 1,200 runs at an average of 109.09. [9] He then made his U-19 debut for Punjab in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy in 2016. [10]

First-class cricket

He made his debut in first-class cricket for Punjab in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 6 October 2017. [11] He led Punjab to their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy win in the 2023-24 season finishing as the second-highest run scorer of the tournament with 485 runs from ten innings at an average of 48.50 and a strike rate of 192.46, registering two hundreds and three fifties. [12]

List A cricket

Sharma played in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy for Punjab. [13] On 28 February 2021, playing for Punjab against Madhya Pradesh, he scored the fastest hundred by an Indian in List A cricket, in 42 balls. [14]

U19 Asia and World Cup wins

Sharma captained the team to victory at the 2016 U19 Asia Cup and was the player of the match during the final. [15] He also led the team during an ODI series against England U19 in 2017. [16] He was a key member of the team that won the 2018 U19 World Cup. He scored a half-century against Bangladesh in the quarterfinal match of the tournament. [17]

Franchise career

Delhi Daredevils (2018)

In January 2018, he was bought by Delhi Daredevils in the 2018 IPL auction for Rs 5.5 million. [18] In May, he made his debut and went on to score 46 runs off 19 balls. [19]

Sunrisers Hyderabad (2019–present)

In Feb 2022, he was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2022 edition. [20] During the tournament, he played 14 matches and scored 426 runs. [21] In 2024, he scored the fastest fifty for SRH against Mumbai Indians at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium. [22] He also finished the season with 484 runs in 16 matches and a strike rate of 200. He was the second highest run-scorer for the team after Travis Head. [23] He won the Most Sixes award for hitting the highest number of sixes (42) in the tournament. [24]

During the 2025 season, Sharma hit his first century of the league in 40 balls during the match against Punjab Kings. [25] He scored 141 runs off 55 balls, the highest individual score by an Indian in the league's history. [26] It was also the third highest individual score of all time. [27] Additionally, it was the highest score by an SRH batter and the fifth-fastest hundred witnessed by the league. [28]

International career

T20I debut and rise (2024–present)

Sharma was called up for the 2024 tour of Zimbabwe and he made his international debut in the first match on 6 July. He scored his maiden T20I century in the second match of the series, scoring 100 runs at the Harare Sports Club. He became the fastest Indian to score a century in innings batted. [29] He also became the fourth batter to hit a maiden T20I century before 24 years of age. [30]

In 2025, he hit the highest individual score for India in T20Is by scoring 135 runs from 54 balls vs England. His innings included 13 sixes and 7 fours. [31] Sharma hit the second-highest score against England as well as the second-fastest half-century and century for India by balls faced. [32] He also hit the most sixes for India in an innings in men's T20Is and had the highest run-rate during a 100+ partnership for India in T20Is with Tilak Varma. [33] He jumped to the 2nd spot in the men's T20I world rankings after the century, becoming India's number one batter. [34]

In 2025, Sharma reached the number one world ranking in the T20I format and became the youngest Indian to do so. [35]

International centuries

T20I centuries

RunsAgainstVenueH/A/NDateResultRef
100Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare Away7 July 2024Won [36]
135Flag of England.svg  England Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Home2 February 2025Won [37]

References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Abhishek Sharma Cricketer". Crictoday. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
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  15. ↑ "Spinners Abhishek and Chahar seal title for India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
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  22. ↑ "Mens Team. IPLT20". SportsTiger. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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  24. ↑ Sportstar, Team (27 May 2024). "IPL 2024: Which batter hit most sixes this Indian Premier League season?". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
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  28. ↑ "Abhishek Sharma Creates History For Sunrisers Hyderabad, Becomes Fastest Indian To..." Times Now. 12 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  29. ↑ "India vs Zimbabwe: Abhishek Sharma reflects on his record-breaking T20I century". India Today. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  30. ↑ Menon, Mohandas (29 August 2024). "India tour of Zimbabwe: Abhishek Sharma in elite list". Sportstar. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  31. ↑ "India v England: Tourists suffer record T20 defeat after Abhishek Sharma century". BBC Sport. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  32. ↑ "IND vs ENG 5th T20I: Abhishek Sharma's record-breaking 135 powers India to 4-1 series win against England". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  33. ↑ "IND vs ENG: Abhishek Sharma rattles England to hit India's second-fastest T20I century". India Today. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  34. ↑ "Abhishek Sharma's meteoric rise continues, jumps 38 places to 2nd in ICC T20I rankings". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 5 February 2025.
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  37. ↑ icc (2 February 2025). "Abhishek Sharma's milestone innings powers India to victory against England". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
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