Asia cup 2025: India’s young opener Abhishek Sharma is in excellent form in the Asia Cup 2025. His rapid batting has not only won Team India continuously, but has also given him a record which is not the name of any other batsman in the world. Abhishek Sharma has reached number one among the batsmen playing 137 international and league cricket in the last one year.

1000+ runs scored at record break strike rate

In fact, since the year 2024, 137 batsmen have scored 1000 or more runs in T20 cricket since the year 2024, but only Abhishek Sharma is such batsmen who have achieved this achievement at a strike rate of more than 200. The left -arm aggressive opener scored more than 1900 runs during this period and put the bowlers under pressure each time. This is the reason why he is being recognized as the best batsman of T20 cricket.

Banging start in Asia Cup

Abhishek Sharma’s bat is also speaking a lot in the Asia Cup 2025. In the first match of the tournament, he hit 30 runs in just 16 balls against UAE. At the same time, he also gave 31 runs in just 13 balls against a big team like Pakistan. During this time his strike rate was 238.46, which was not less than a headache for any Pakistan bowler.

Become the king of sixes

Abhishek Sharma is not only making a fast run run, but he has no break in hitting sixes. In the first two matches of Asia Cup 2025, he has hit 6 fours and 5 sixes. This is the reason that he has become the highest sixes batsman in the tournament with Ajmatullah Umrajai of Afghanistan so far.

Big role in India’s victory

Abhishek Sharma’s fast start was that India won both its initial matches in a one -sided manner. In the first match, India defeated UAE by 9 wickets and then defeated a strong team like Pakistan by 7 wickets. Abhishek’s explosive innings in both matches proved to be the foundation of India’s victory.

This performance of Abhishek Sharma is an auspicious sign for Indian cricket. The ability to play large shots continuously, the powerplay scoring fast runs and playing long innings takes them to a different level. If this form continues, then in the coming time, Abhishek Sharma can become the most dangerous T20 batsman in the whole world.

The Cricket Asia Cup is going to start from 9 September, whose final will be held on 28 September. Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, Team India will play in this tournament by becoming defending champion. After the first match on 10 September, India’s second match is with Pakistan on 14 September. A big question is who will start the innings with Abhishek Sharma? Here we are telling you about 3 options.

When will the Indian cricket team announce for the Asia Cup? According to PTI report, BCCI can announce the squad of India in the third week of August. A total of 8 teams are divided into 2 groups in the tournament, India is included in Group A. The top 2 teams of both groups will play in Super 4, then its top 2 will be finalized among the teams.

Who will open for India in Asia Cup?

Explosive batsman Abhishek Sharma’s opening place is considered to be sure, his performance at IPL and international level has been excellent. He is currently the world’s number-1 batsman in T20. But who will be the second opener with them? These three options exist.

Shubman Gill

Test team captain Shubman Gill has been out in T20 for some time. According to PTI report, Shubman Gill can find a place in the team for the Asia Cup. Gill can start the innings with Abhishek, it will also be a good combination of left and right -handed batsmen. Gill has scored 578 runs in 21 T20 matches for India, including 1 century and 3 half -centuries.

Yashasvi Jaiswal

According to reports, Yashaswi Jaiswal can also be given a place in the Asia Cup, he had given a fast start in the Test series against England and played it carefully. Jaiswal is also known for getting a fast start, he played his last T20 against Sri Lanka in 2024. Jaiswal has scored 723 runs in 23 T20 international matches, including 1 century and 5 half -centuries.

Sanju Samson

Currently Sanju Samson starts the innings in T20 with Abhishek Sharma, both have done well. This pair can also be seen in the Asia Cup. Samson has scored 861 runs in 42 T20 matches for India, including 3 centuries and 2 half -centuries.

The ICC released the latest ranking on Wednesday, 30 July in which Indian opener Abhishek Sharma has become the number-1 batsman of T20. He has taken away the crown of Travis Head, who started the innings with him in the IPL. After 1 year, the head of the head ended and he moved to another place. Abhishek created history by achieving this position only after playing only 17 matches.

Abhishek Sharma was first second in the T20 batsmen rankings, Travis Head stood as the number 1 batsman of T20 for about 1 year. Now Abhishek took away his crown. Abhishek has 829 rating points and head has 814 points.

List of ICC Top 5 T20 batsmen

• Abhishek Sharma (India)- 829 ratings
• Travis head (Australia)- 814 ratings
• Tilak Verma (India)- 804 ratings
• Phil Salt (England)- 791 ratings
• Jose Butler (England)- 772 ratings

Abhishek Sharma T20 career, and records

Abhishek Sharma has played 17 international T20 matches, in which he has scored 535 runs at a strike rate of 193.84 in 16 innings played. He has 2 centuries and 2 half -centuries in T20 International.

Abhishek Sharma is the highest innings in T20 international cricket for India. He scored 135 runs in 54 balls against England. In this innings played on February 2, 2025, he hit 13 sixes and 7 fours.

He scored a century in 37 balls in the match played against England in February this year, which is the second fastest century by Indian in T20 International. Rohit is at number one, who scored a century in 35 balls. Rohit has retired from T20 format.

Abhishek Sharma is the second Indian to score the fastest half -century in T20 International. In the innings in which he scored the fastest century, he scored a half -century in 17 balls. Ahead of him is only Yuvraj Singh, who scored a half -century in 12 balls in 2007.