Overview
- The India opener crossed 1,000 T20I runs during the fifth IND–AUS T20I in Brisbane, reaching the mark early in his innings to finish the milestone at 528 balls faced.
- His tally eclipses Suryakumar Yadav’s previous world-leading 573-ball mark and overtakes Tim David’s 569-ball benchmark for a single-country tally.
- By innings, he is placed as the second-fastest Indian to 1,000 T20I runs behind Virat Kohli, with several outlets listing his milestone at 28 innings despite conflicting counts elsewhere.
- Multiple publications also report that Sharma is the youngest Indian to reach 1,000 T20I runs.
- Match accounts note two early dropped chances off Sharma by Glenn Maxwell and Ben Dwarshuis and a rain interruption during India’s innings at The Gabba.