32-ball hundred with 11 sixes! Abhishek Sharma blasts T20 records with SMAT 2025 carnage in Hyderabad | Cricket News

After a string of single-digit scores in his Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy return as Punjab captain, Abhishek Sharma unleashed carnage on an experienced Bengal bowling attack with a 32-ball century at the Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad on Sunday morning.
Opening the batting after winning the toss, Abhishek hit top gear from ball one as he waltzed to a 12-ball half-century after whipping the likes of his former SunRisers Hyderabad teammate Mohammed Shami for 23 runs in an over.
What made Abhishek’s half-century a jaw-dropping feat is that the left-hander had amassed 50 of his 51 runs at the time of reaching his half-century in boundaries! Abhishek had whipped up five sixes and as many fours to pulverise the Bengal attack then.
Fastest T20 half-centuries

Player
Balls
Match
Venue

Dipendra Singh Airee
9
Nepal v Mongolia
Hangzhou

Ashutosh Sharma
11
Railways v Arunachal Pradesh
Ranchi

Abhishek Sharma
12
Punjab v Bengal
Hyderabad

Yuvraj Singh
12
India v England
Durban

CH Gayle
12
Melbourne Renegades v Adelaide Strikers
Melbourne

Hazratullah Zazai
12
Kabul Zwanan v Balkh Legends
Sharjah

Sahil Chauhan
12
Estonia v Cyprus
Episkopi

Abhishek and his opening partner, Prabhsimran Singh, powered Punjab past 120 inside 8 overs, with the latter too reaching his half-century.
Abhishek equals Rohit, only Kohli ahead
The southpaw continued his six-hitting feats unabated as he romped to a 32-ball century, smacking 11 sixes and seven fours before reaching the three-figure mark. The innings jotted his 8th T20 hundred in only 157 innings, equalling Rohit Sharma. Only Virat Kohli (9) has struck more centuries among Indian batters in the T20 format.

ABHISHEK SHARMA
Punjab Batter | Two Fastest T20 Centuries
Joint 3rd & Joint 8th Fastest Ever

Abhishek Sharma’s Two Lightning Hundreds

JOINT 3RD FASTEST
28
Balls

Match: Punjab vs Meghalaya
Venue: Saurashtra
Year: 2024

JOINT 8TH FASTEST
32
Balls

Match: Punjab vs Bengal
Venue: Hyderabad
Year: 2025

Elite Company: Multiple Fastest Centuries

Abhishek Sharma
28 & 32
2 centuries

Urvil Patel
28 & 31
2 centuries

Sahil Chauhan
27
Fastest ever

Chris Gayle
30
IPL record

Indian Express InfoGenIE

Last year, Abhishek clubbed the joint-fastest T20 hundred an Indian in only 28 balls against Meghalaya in the previous SMAT season. Abhishek also pummeled 87 sixes last year in all T20s, the highest an Indian man in the format in a calendar year.
Most sixes in a calendar year
Notching up 15 sixes, Abhishek also broke his own record from 2024 for the most T20 sixes in a calendar year. While he had racked up 87 maximums last season, Abhishek raced past the 90-sixes mark with his 15th maximum against a hapless Bengal bowling attack.