Abhishek Sharma Makes History: Breaks Yuvraj’s Record, Joins Rohit & Kohli

Udaipur, Sept 25, 2025: India’s explosive opening batsman, Abhishek Sharma, hit many sixes in Dubai on Wednesday night. He played a strong innings in the fourth Super-4 match of the Asia Cup 2025 between India and Bangladesh. His performance helped India win and reach the final.

India batted first and scored 168 runs for 6 wickets. Bangladesh collapsed for 127 runs in 19.3 overs. Abhishek Sharma made history with India’s 41-run win over Bangladesh. He has played only 5 matches in the Asia Cup T20 so far and has already created a big record in his name.

Abhishek Sharma Creates History

Abhishek Sharma played a brilliant innings for India in this match. He scored 75 runs in 37 balls with 6 fours and 5 sixes and won the Player of the Match award. With these 5 sixes, he became the batsman with the most sixes in the Asia Cup T20. So far, Abhishek has hit 17 sixes in 5 innings of 5 Asia Cup T20 matches.

Record-Breaking Feats

Abhishek Sharma broke the record of Afghanistan’s wicketkeeper and opening batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who had 15 sixes in 8 matches in the Asia Cup T20 (2022 & 2025) and scored 209 runs. Abhishek has already scored 248 runs in the tournament.

He also broke other records

• Yuvraj Singh had four half-centuries in less than 25 balls in T20 internationals. Abhishek has now done it five times.
• Rohit Sharma scored 50+ runs at a strike rate of 200+ in T20Is four times. Abhishek has done it five times.
• After Virat Kohli, Abhishek is the second Indian batsman to score back-to-back half-centuries in Asia Cup T20Is.

Earlier, Abhishek played 74 runs against Pakistan. Against Bangladesh, he could have scored more but was run out. Now, he will get a chance to shine in the last Super-4 match against Sri Lanka on September 26.