Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Abhishek Sharma Sets T20 Six-Hitting Records Against Pakistan
Abhishek Sharma hit the ball over the boundary seven times while playing Pakistan in the Asian Games final.
He scored 61 runs from 28 balls.
This helped him reach two big milestones for hitting sixes in T20 cricket.
He reached 400 career T20 sixes faster than Chris Gayle did.
He also reached 100 sixes in 2026 faster than any batter except Andre Russell.
His sixes against Pakistan gave him more in T20 internationals against them than Virat Kohli has.
India scored 211 runs and lost six wickets in its 20 overs.
Tilak Varma added an unbeaten 51 runs.
Pakistan needed 212 runs to win the gold-medal match.
Abhishek Sharma scored 61 off 28 balls, including seven sixes, in India’s Asian Games gold-medal match against Pakistan.
He reached 400 T20 sixes in 3,513 balls, surpassing Chris Gayle’s 3,557-ball pace; Andre Russell remains faster at 3,027.
Sharma reached 100 T20 sixes in 2026 in 651 balls, second-fastest behind Russell’s 589-ball record from 2019.
His seven sixes took his T20I tally against Pakistan to 14, ahead of Virat Kohli’s 11.
India made 211/6 in 20 overs, with Tilak Varma scoring an unbeaten 51 off 22 balls, setting Pakistan a target of 212.
- Who
- Abhishek Sharma and India faced Pakistan in the men’s Asian Games cricket gold-medal match.
- What
- Sharma set two T20 six-hitting milestones during a 61-run innings as India scored 211/6.
- When
- Saturday; the article does not provide a date.
- Where
- Karogi Sports Park.
- Why
- India batted first after captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bat; Sharma’s innings helped India build a target of 212.
India's batting
Pakistan's bowling
Momentum in the innings
India's batting
Abhishek Sharma’s fast start and Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube’s late partnership helped India reach 211/6.
Pakistan's bowling
Pakistan’s bowlers slowed India during the middle overs before India’s late assault took the total beyond 200.
- Abhishek Sharma's innings
- 61 runs from 28 balls, with seven sixes and three fours
- 400 T20 sixes
- Reached in 3,513 balls; Chris Gayle took 3,557 and Andre Russell 3,027
- 100 sixes in 2026
- Reached in 651 balls, second-fastest behind Andre Russell’s 589 in 2019
- T20I sixes against Pakistan
- Sharma has 14, moving past Virat Kohli’s 11
- India's total
- 211/6 in 20 overs
- Target for Pakistan
- 212 runs
- Tilak Varma
- Unbeaten 51 from 22 balls