Overview
- India face Australia in the third T20I in Hobart on Sunday with the hosts leading the five-match series 1-0.
- If he scores 64 in his 27th match and 26th inning, he will surpass Virat Kohli, who reached 1,000 in his 29th match and 27th inning in 2010.
- Sharma’s T20I career stands at 936 runs from 26 matches and 25 innings at a strike rate above 193, with two centuries and six fifties including a 135 against England in Mumbai.
- In 2025 he has 680 runs in 14 T20Is at an average of 48.57 and a strike rate of 202.98, highlighted by a 68 off 37 balls in the previous match against Australia.
- Reports also note he is nine runs from surpassing Shikhar Dhawan’s 2018 record of 689 for an Indian opener in a calendar year.