Abhishek Sharma hammers fastest century in T20Is by Full Members

New Delhi: India team opener Abhishek Sharma on Thursday smashed the fastest century in T20 Internationals in a match between two Test-playing or Full Member nations when he reached the three-figure mark in 30 balls (9x4s, 10x6s) against Afghanistan during the third and final T20I at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground of the Arun Jaitley Stadium.

The left-handed batsman, who had to fight for the opening spot against Vaibhav Sooryavanshi prior to the series as the opening pair was stuck in a three-way fight with Sanju Samson being the third one, began in a ballistic manner as he yanked 16 off the second over of the innings bowled by Azmatullah Omarzai. He then took 22 off the next over bowled Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Sharma reached his half-century (52) off 16 balls. By the time the powerplay ended, Sharma was batting on 76 off 22 balls. A few more sixes and he got to his third T20I century in his 59th game. Sharma had a T20I century each against Zimbabwe and England prior to this.

The fastest T20I century was scored by Sahil Chauhan of Estonia against Cyprus at Episkopi in 2024. He took just 27 balls. Mohammed Fahad of Turkey has scored the second fastest, off 29 balls, vs Bulgaria in 2025. However, these centuries came in matches between lower-rung sides, the associate and affiliate nations.

The previous record for the fastest century between Full Members was held by Finn Allen of New Zealand against South Africa. He took just 33 balls to score the century in Kolkata during the T20 World Cup earlier this year. David Miller of South Africa took 35 balls to score a century against Bangladesh in 2017.

India won the third T20I by 127 runs to seal series 3-0. 

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