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Abhishek Sharma
Indian cricketer (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abhishek Sharma (born 4 September 2000) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India national team.[3] He made his debut against Zimbabwe in July 2024.[4] He plays as a left-handed opening batter and a left arm spinner. In domestic cricket, he represents Punjab and in the Indian Premier League, he plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad.[5] Sharma became the number one ranked T20I batter in 2025.[6]
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Early life
Sharma was born on 4 September 2000 in Amritsar, Punjab to Manju Sharma and Raj Kumar Sharma. He is the youngest of three, with two elder sisters Komal and Sania.[2] He completed his schooling from Delhi Public School.[2] He is a friend of Shubman Gill since childhood and they used to open the innings for Punjab in the under-14s.[7] Yuvraj Singh played a role in coaching Sharma during the COVID-19 lockdown period.[8]
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Youth career
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U16 & U19 domestic
Sharma scored a century in his maiden U-16 match in the domestic cricket tournament for the 2015–2016 Vijay Merchant Trophy. He scored 1,200 runs at an average of 109.09.[9] He then made his U-19 debut for Punjab in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy in 2016.[10]
First-class cricket
He made his debut in first-class cricket for Punjab in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 6 October 2017.[11] He led Punjab to their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy win in the 2023-24 season finishing as the second-highest run scorer of the tournament with 485 runs from ten innings at an average of 48.50 and a strike rate of 192.46, registering two hundreds and three fifties.[12]
List A cricket
Sharma played in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy for Punjab.[13] On 28 February 2021, playing for Punjab against Madhya Pradesh, he scored the fastest hundred by an Indian in List A cricket, in 42 balls.[14]
U19 Asia and World Cup wins
Sharma captained the team to victory at the 2016 U19 Asia Cup and was the player of the match during the final.[15] He also led the team during an ODI series against England U19 in 2017.[16] He was a key member of the team that won the 2018 U19 World Cup. He scored a half-century against Bangladesh in the quarterfinal match of the tournament.[17]
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Franchise career
Delhi Daredevils (2018)
In January 2018, he was bought by Delhi Daredevils in the 2018 IPL auction for Rs 5.5 million.[18] In May, he made his debut and went on to score 46 runs off 19 balls.[19]
Sunrisers Hyderabad (2019–present)
In Feb 2022, he was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2022 edition.[20] During the tournament, he played 14 matches and scored 426 runs.[21] In 2024, he scored the fastest fifty for SRH against Mumbai Indians at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.[22] He also finished the season with 484 runs in 16 matches and a strike rate of 200. He was the second highest run-scorer for the team after Travis Head.[23] He won the Most Sixes award for hitting the highest number of sixes (42) in the tournament.[24]
During the 2025 season, Sharma hit his first century of the league in 40 balls during the match against Punjab Kings.[25] He scored 141 runs off 55 balls, the highest individual score by an Indian in the league's history.[26] It was also the third highest individual score of all time.[27] Additionally, it was the highest score by an SRH batter and the fifth-fastest hundred witnessed by the league.[28]
International career
T20I debut and rise (2024–present)
Sharma was called up for the 2024 tour of Zimbabwe and he made his international debut in the first match on 6 July. He scored his maiden T20I century in the second match of the series, scoring 100 runs at the Harare Sports Club. He became the fastest Indian to score a century in innings batted.[29] He also became the fourth batter to hit a maiden T20I century before 24 years of age.[30]
In 2025, he hit the highest individual score for India in T20Is by scoring 135 runs from 54 balls vs England. His innings included 13 sixes and 7 fours.[31] Sharma hit the second-highest score against England as well as the second-fastest half-century and century for India by balls faced.[32] He also hit the most sixes for India in an innings in men's T20Is and had the highest run-rate during a 100+ partnership for India in T20Is with Tilak Varma.[33] He jumped to the 2nd spot in the men's T20I world rankings after the century, becoming India's number one batter.[34]
In 2025, Sharma reached the number one world ranking in the T20I format and became the youngest Indian to do so.[35]
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International centuries
T20I centuries
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