By Admin 
Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma played a brilliant inning in the group stage match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026. Today he scored 148 runs in 52 balls against Bengal, in this innings he hit 16 sixes and 8 fours. Due to Abhishek’s captaincy innings, Punjab had scored a huge score of 310 runs in 20 overs, chasing which Bengal was able to score 198 runs. Punjab won this match by a huge margin of 112 runs.
In this match held at the Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad, Abhishek Sharma had completed his half-century in 12 balls, after which he completed his century in 32 balls. By the time Abhishek completed his century, he had hit 7 fours and 11 sixes. His strike rate till his century was more than 300.
As soon as Abhishek Sharma arrived, he attacked the Bengal bowlers. Even experienced bowler Mohammed Shami and young Akash Deep could not stop him. In this match, Shami gave away runs with an economy of 15.25. Shami gave 61 runs in 4 overs and Akash gave 55 runs in 4 overs.
Second highest individual score in tournament history
Abhishek Sharma scored 148 runs. This is the second highest individual score in the history of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Tilak Verma is at first place in this list, who played an inning of 151 runs in 2024. However, Abhishek had come very close to breaking this record.
Abhishek Sharma along with his opening partner Prabhsimran Singh made a partnership of 205 runs. This is also a record. Both of them made this partnership in just 76 balls. This is the biggest opening partnership in the history of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Earlier this record was in the name of Sanju Samson and Rohan Kunnumal, who had made an opening partnership of 177 runs for Kerala.
Third fastest T20 century
The century scored by Abhishek Sharma in 32 balls is the third fastest century in the history of Indian cricket. He occupies the number-1 position in the list of T20I batsmen in the ICC rankings. With this victory, Punjab has reached a strong position in Group C. This innings came fourth in terms of fastest century by Indian batsmen in T20 cricket. He and Urvil Patel’s innings are at number one. Both of them scored centuries in 28 balls. Abhishek had scored a century in 28 balls against Meghalaya last year.