Priyanshu - Saturday, Nov 08, 2025The final match of the five-match T20 series between India and Australia is being played at the Gabba Stadium in Brisbane. In this match, Team India's left-handed opening batsman Abhishek Sharma has created a world record. In the fifth T20 match, Australian captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and elected to bowl first. Following this, the Indian opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill gave an aggressive start. Abhishek completed his 11th run of the innings.
In the fifth match of the T20I series between India and Australia in Brisbane, Abhishek Sharma achieved a major feat in the history of T20 International cricket and created a world record. By scoring 11 runs off 8 balls in the fifth match, he became the fastest batsman to score 1,000 runs in terms of balls, in terms of balls bowled. Previously, this record was held by Australia's Tim David (Abhishek Sharma Breaks Tim David Fastest T20I Runs World Record).
The Indian team has a great chance to win the series. Meanwhile, in the fifth and final T20 International match in Brisbane, Australia won the toss and elected to bowl against India. The first T20I match of the series between India and Australia was abandoned due to rain. Australia subsequently won by 4 wickets, taking a 1-0 lead in the series.
After Virat Kohli (1000 runs in 27 innings), Abhishek Sharma, with his 11 against Australia, reached the 1000-run mark in 28 innings, surpassing both KL Rahul (29 innings) and Suryakumar Yadav (31 innings) to become the fastest Indian to reach 1000 runs in T20Is.
As soon as Abhishek Sharma completed the 11th run of his innings in the fifth match of the T20 series being played against Australia at the Gabba ground, he became the player to complete 1000 runs in T20 International in the least number of balls. Earlier, this record was in the name of Australian team player Tim David, who completed his 1000 T20 International runs in 569 balls. Abhishek Sharma completed this figure in just 528 balls. At the third place in this list is the name of Indian T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav, who completed his 1000 T20 International runs in 573 balls.
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