Abhishek Sharma Becomes First Batter Ever To Achieve This Stunning Feat In Asia Cup 2025

Indian cricket team batter Abhishek Sharma continued his stunning run of form as he achieved a unique feat during the Asia Cup 2025 Super Four clash against Sri Lanka on Friday. Abhishek, who scored yet another half-century, became the first player ever to score 300-plus runs in an edition of T20 Asia Cup. The record previously belonged to Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan who scored 281 runs in 2022. Virat Kohli and Afghanistan's Ibrahim Zadran are joint third in the elite list with 196 runs. This was also the seventh consecutive 30-plus score for Abhishek in T20Is - the joint-most in the shortest format of the sport along with Rizwan and India star batter Rohit Sharma. The half-century was extra special for the youngster as this was the sixth time that he slammed a fifty in 25 or fewer deliveries.

Abhishek's innings came to an end on 61 as he was dismissed by Charith Asalanka.

He has also joined Virat (319 runs in the T20 World Cup 2014, 273 runs in the T20 World Cup 2016 and 296 runs in the T20 World Cup 2022) and Rohit (257 runs in the 2024 T20I World Cup) to have 250-plus runs in a T20I competition. He is, in fact, the only second Indian after Virat to score 300-plus runs in a multi-nation T20I tournament and just 11 runs away from having the best-ever T20I competition by an Indian batter.

Abhishek's tally of 309 runs is the fifth-highest runs by a player from a Test-playing nation in a T20I tournament/series, with England's Phil Salt's 331 runs in five innings at the top. Abhishek needs 23 more runs to secure the top spot here as well.

Abhishek has also joined the elite company of Indian batters Virat (thrice), KL Rahul (twice), Suryakumar (twice), Rohit and Shreyas Iyer to have three successive fifty-plus scores in T20Is for his nation.

(With ANI inputs)

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