Abhishek Sharma

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Abhishek Sharma
Personal information
Born (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 25)
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm) [1]
BattingLeft-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
RoleBatting all-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut(cap  111)6 July 2024 v  Zimbabwe
Last T20I28 September 2025 v  Pakistan
T20I shirt no.4
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Men's cricket
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
ACC Asia Cup
Winner 2025 UAE
ICC U19 World Cup
Winner 2018 New Zealand
ACC U19 Asia Cup
Winner 2016 Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 October 2025

Abhishek Sharma (born 4 September 2000) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India national team. [2] [3] He plays as a left-handed opening batter as well as a left-arm orthodox spinner. [4] In domestic cricket, he represents Punjab and in the Indian Premier League, he plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad. [5] He became the number one T20I batter in 2025 achieving the highest-ever rating points in the format's history. [6]

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Early life

Sharma was born on 4 September 2000 in Amritsar to Raj Kumar and Manju. [1] [7] He has two sisters Komal and Sania. He is the youngest of the three. [1] He completed his schooling from Delhi Public School, Amritsar. [8]

Sharma is a childhood friend of Shubman Gill and they used to open the innings for Punjab in the U14s. [9] Yuvraj Singh played a role in coaching Sharma during the COVID-19 lockdown period. [10]

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. [11] He then made his U-19 debut for Punjab in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy in 2016. [12]

First-class cricket

He made his debut in first-class cricket for Punjab in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 6 October 2017. [13] 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. [14]

List A cricket

He played in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy for Punjab. [15] 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. [16]

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. [17] He also led the team during an ODI series against England U19 in 2017. [18] 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. [19]

Franchise career

Delhi Daredevils (2018)

In January 2018, Sharma was bought by Delhi Daredevils in the 2018 IPL auction for Rs 5.5 million. [20] In May, he made his debut and went on to score 46 runs off 19 balls. [21]

Sunrisers Hyderabad (2019–present)

In Feb 2022, Sharma was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2022 edition. [22] During the tournament, he played 14 matches and scored 426 runs. [23] In 2024, he scored the fastest fifty for SRH against Mumbai Indians at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium. [24] 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. [25] He won the Most Sixes award for hitting the highest number of sixes (42) in the tournament. [26]

During the 2025 season, Sharma hit his first century of the league in 40 balls during the match against Punjab Kings. [27] He scored 141 runs off 55 balls, the highest individual score by an Indian in the league's history. [28] It was also the third highest individual score of all time. [29] Additionally, it was the highest score by an SRH batter and the fifth-fastest hundred witnessed by the league. [30] In October 2025, he became highest rated player player ever in T20I by achieving 931 rating points. He broke the David Malan record which was 919 rating points.[ citation needed ]

International career

T20I debut and rise (2024–present)

Sharma was called up for the 2024 tour of Zimbabwe and made his international debut in the first match on 6 July. [31] 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. [32] He also became the fourth batter to hit a maiden T20I century before 24 years of age. [33]

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. [34] Sharma hit the second-highest score against England as well as the second-fastest half-century and century for India by balls faced. [35] 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. [36] He jumped to the 2nd spot in the men's T20I world rankings after the century, becoming India's number one batter. [37]

In 2025, Sharma reached the number one world ranking in the T20I format and became the youngest Indian to do so. [38] At the 2025 Asia Cup, Sharma broke the record of the most runs scored in a T20I edition of the tournament. [39] He became the highest run-scorer of the edition with 314 runs in seven innings. [40] He was also awarded the player of the tournament for his performance. [41] His successful campaign led to him achieved the highest-ever rating points in T20I history with a total of 931 ranking points. [42]

International centuries

Centuries against nations
OpponentTestODIT20ITotal
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia ––––
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh ––––
Flag of England.svg  England ––11
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland ––––
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand ––––
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan ––––
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa ––––
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka ––––
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies ––––
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe ––11
Total––22

T20I centuries

RunsAgainstVenueH/A/NDateResultRef
100Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare Away7 July 2024Won [43]
135Flag of England.svg  England Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Home2 February 2025Won [44]

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