World No. 1 T20I batter Abhishek Sharma opened the innings for India on Friday (September 26) against Sri Lanka in Dubai and scored 61 runs from 31 balls. During his stay at the crease, the left-handed batter from Amritsar slammed eight fours and two sixes. Abhishek needed 22 balls to complete his fifty on Friday. He crossed the 50-run mark by hitting Nuwan Thushara for a four on the fourth ball of the sixth over.

Abhishek is the third Indian batter after Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma to cross the 50-run mark in less than 25 balls six times in T20Is.

Reaching 50 in 25 or fewer balls most times for India in T20Is 50s PLAYER MATCHES 7 Suryakumar Yadav 89 6 Abhishek Sharma 159 6 Rohit Sharma 23 4 Yuvraj Singh 58 3 KL Rahul 72

During his 61-run knock at the Dubai International Cri

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