Overview
- The ICC’s top-ranked T20I batter sits on 961 runs from 27 matches and 26 innings, averaging 36.96 with a strike rate of 192.20, including two centuries and six fifties with a best of 135 off 54 against England in Mumbai.
- He could set the fastest 1,000 milestone by balls faced if he scores the required 39 runs in fewer than 68 deliveries in the next match.
- He also has a chance to become India’s quickest to 1,000 by matches if he reaches the mark in his 28th T20I, surpassing Virat Kohli’s benchmark of 29 matches.
- The India–Australia series is level at 1–1 after three games, with the fourth T20I scheduled for November 6 at Carrara Oval, and Sharma leads the series with 112 runs.
- Jason Gillespie called him an “excitement machine” and Damien Fleming labeled him India’s most important T20I batter, noting his limited first-class and 50-over experience and lack of a 50-over cap for India.