: Abhishek Sharma made history by hitting 1,000 runs in T20 Internationals, setting new world and Indian records. He achieved the feat during India’s fifth and final T20I of the ongoing series against Australia as the two sides squared off here at The Gabba Saturday.

He became the fastest to reach this milestone for a single country in terms of balls faced and also the quickest Indian based on matches played. Abhishek’s achievement surpassed the previous global record held by Australia’s Tim David, who scored 1,000 runs in 569 balls during his impressive 74 off 38 balls in Hobart November 2.

India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav was previously in second place, having faced 573 balls, while New Zealand’s Finn Allen was third with 611 balls. In terms of total balls faced in T20Is, David no

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