India’s rising star player Abhishek Sharma often keeps breaking some record or the other in T20 cricket. On Wednesday, Abhishek made a big record in his name against New Zealand. Abhishek played a brilliant inning of 84 runs in just 35 balls in the first T20 against New Zealand. During this, 5 fours and 8 sixes came from his bat. Along with this, Abhishek also broke the world record of former West Indies power hitter Andre Russell.

Abhishek Sharma became the batsman to score 5 thousand runs in the fewest balls.

In the first T20 against New Zealand, Abhishek Sharma completed 5000 runs in T20 cricket. He made the record of scoring the fastest 5 thousand runs in T20. Abhishek did this feat only 2898 Did it in the ball. Earlier this record was in the name of Andre Russell. Russell scored five thousand runs in T20 2942 Were made into a ball. However, Abhishek broke his unbroken record.

Abhishek Sharma now has 5002 runs in 169 T20 matches at an average of 33.34 and strike rate of 172.48. During this period he has scored 8 centuries and 29 half-centuries. In his T20 career, Abhishek Sharma has hit 466 fours and 309 sixes.

Abhishek Sharma left Yuvraj Singh behind in hitting most sixes.

Abhishek Sharma has come sixth for India in terms of hitting most sixes in T20. Abhishek has now hit 81 sixes in just 33 innings, in this record list, KL Rahul is at fifth position with 99 sixes. Now Abhishekka’s next victim will be to break KL Rahul’s record. Abhishek is known for his six-hitting ability. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul are ahead of Abhishek. However, Abhishek has played much less matches than him.

Rohit Sharma- 205 sixes (151 innings)

Suryakumar Yadav- 156 sixes (94 innings)

Virat Kohli- 124 sixes (117 innings)

Hardik Pandya- 106 sixes (98 innings)

KL Rahul- 99 sixes (68 innings)

Abhishek Sharma- 81 sixes (33 innings)

Yuvraj Singh- 74 sixes (51 innings)

The final and decisive match of the three-match ODI series is being played between India and New Zealand at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. In the third ODI, after playing first, New Zealand has scored 337 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs. Now Team India has a target of 338 runs to win the series. In such a situation, know here how much is India’s biggest successful run chase in ODI. Also know whether the Indian team will achieve the target of 338 runs in Indore.

First of all, let us tell you that the Indian team has won the match by scoring 362 runs in ODI. Team India had achieved this feat against Australia in 2013. Then the Indian team won the match against the Kangaroos by scoring 362 runs in 43.3 overs. Apart from this, the Indian team also won the match against England by scoring 356 runs while chasing. In 2017, India had won this match after 11 balls. South Africa holds the record for the biggest run chase in ODI. In 2006, South Africa made a historic run chase by scoring 438 runs.

Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips scored centuries in the third ODI

New Zealand has become the team scoring the highest score in ODI at Holkar Stadium in Indore. Earlier too, the record of the foreign team scoring the most runs at Holkar Stadium was in the name of New Zealand, which had scored 295 runs against India here in 2023. But now the Kiwi team has improved its own record and created history by scoring a huge score of 337 runs.

Daryl Mitchell once again scored a century for New Zealand. This time Mitchell played an innings of 137 runs in 131 balls. 15 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat. Whereas Glenn Phillips scored 106 runs in 88 balls. Phillips hit 9 fours and 3 sixes. Captain Michael Bracewell remained unbeaten on 28 runs in 18 balls. He hit one four and three sixes.

Now a new twist has emerged in the India-Bangladesh dispute. Actually, Mustafizur Rahman’s IPL Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) after being dropped fromBCB) International Cricket Council (ICC) Had demanded to shift its matches of 2026 T20 World Cup out of India. Like Pakistan, BCB also wanted to play its World Cup matches in Sri Lanka, but instead of accepting this demand, ICC asked it to reconsider its demand. Now BCB understood that this demand will not be accepted so it has made a new move.

Bangladesh Cricket Board i.e. BCB has now demanded from ICC that its group in the T20 World Cup should be changed. BCB asked the ICC to include Ireland in Group B in the T20 World Cup to play in Sri Lanka instead of India.

Bangladesh is in Group C along with West Indies, Italy, England and Nepal and has to play league matches in Kolkata and Mumbai. Whereas Ireland is in Group B along with Sri Lanka, Australia, Oman and Zimbabwe, which has to play its matches in Colombo and Pallekele, Sri Lanka.

A two-member ICC team was in Dhaka to assure the BCB about the security arrangements in India. The team includes Gaurav Saxena, general manager of events and corporate communications, and Andrew Fgrave, general manager of the integrity unit.

BCB said in a statement after meeting ICC representatives, “Bangladesh Cricket Board met representatives of the International Cricket Council regarding Bangladesh’s participation in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.“ Fgrave was present in the meeting while Saxena attended the online meeting as he could not get the Bangladesh visa on time.

BCB said, “During the talks, Bangladesh Cricket Board reiterated its request to ICC to hold its matches in Sri Lanka. The Board also conveyed the views of the Bangladesh Government and its concern regarding the safety of the Bangladeshi team, media, fans and other stakeholders.“

However, it is understood that the ICC will not accept Bangladesh’s demand as it has many practical problems and the entire tournament schedule will have to be drastically changed.

Australia women’s cricket team captain Alyssa Healy has surprised with her decision. This veteran wicketkeeper has made it clear that she will not participate in the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup. Alyssa Healy has announced her retirement from all formats of cricket. Healy will not be a part of the Women’s T20 World Cup. She will say goodbye to international cricket after the home series against India in February-March.

Alyssa Healy has made it clear that she will not take part in T20 International matches against India keeping in mind the team’s preparations for this year’s Women’s T20 World Cup. She will captain Australia in the ODI series and a day-night test to be held in Perth. This will be the last series of his career.

Alyssa Healy said, “Representing her country has always been the biggest honor for her. The upcoming series against India will be the last series of her career.” Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg described her as one of cricket’s all-time greats and praised her contribution to Australian women’s cricket.

Let us tell you that Alyssa Healy made her debut in international cricket against New Zealand in 2010 at the age of 19. She is counted among the most dangerous batsmen and best wicketkeepers of women’s cricket. She was a part of Australian teams that won eight ICC World Cups, including six T20 and two ODI World Cups. She was also a member of Australia’s gold medal winning team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

After the retirement of Meg Lanning, Healy was made the full-time captain of Australia in 2023. His biggest achievement as captain was the 16-0 multi-format Ashes whitewash against England. Under his captaincy, Australia also made it to the semi-finals of the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup and 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup. He has the highest individual score in the World Cup final and a record 126 dismissals in International T20.

Healy has so far played 162 T20, 126 ODI and 11 Test matches for Australia. He has scored more than 3,000 runs in 11 seasons playing for Sydney Sixers in BBL. Healy has two BBL titles to his name. She has also been the captain of UP Warriors in the Women’s Premier League.

Bangladeshi cricketer Mustafizur Rahman IPL after being thrown out of bcb That means Bangladesh Cricket Board has refused to come to India for the 2026 T20 World Cup. BCB has talked to ICC about shifting its matches citing security reasons. Meanwhile, former Pakistan cricketer Saeed Ajmal has reacted to this controversy. According to PTI report, Saeed Ajmal has said that if the ICC cannot take a fair and principled decision in the overall interest of world cricket, then it should stop its operations.

It is clear that Saeed Ajmal is giving strange statements seeing the power of BCCI. Ajmal said that if the ICC fails to deal with the current ‘domination’ of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in its functioning, then there is no point in its existence. He said, ,If the ICC cannot take a fair and principled decision in the overall interest of world cricket, then it should cease its operations. If ICC cannot enforce its decisions on the Indian board then its existence makes no sense.,

ICC is helpless because it is now dominated by Indians., Saeed Ajmal

Ajmal claimed that most of the Test playing countries agree with this sentiment, but they will not be able to clarify their stand publicly. He said that India’s refusal to play in Pakistan even in global competitions is a prime example of the ICC’s ‘helplessness’. Ajmal said, ,There is no logical reason for India not playing in Pakistan, but ICC is helpless because it is now dominated by Indians.,

India does not travel to Pakistan due to security reasons. Not only this, the Indian government does not approve bilateral series between the two countries. These two countries now play against each other in any multinational tournament only on neutral venues. The current president of ICC is former BCCI secretary Jai Shah.

India defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets in the first ODI played at BCA Cricket Stadium, Vadodara. Virat Kohli was the hero of India’s victory. In this match, Virat Kohli, who completed 28000 runs in international cricket, played a match-winning inning of 93 runs. Even though he missed the century, he was successful in winning the 45th Player of the Match in ODI. After the match, New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson praised this Indian great. However, in this match, it was Jameson who dismissed Virat and he 54Stopped from scoring his 10th ODI century.

A legendary batsman like Virat cannot be stopped – Kyle Jamieson

Kyle Jamieson, who has shared the dressing room with Virat Kohli at Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL, said that it is difficult to determine whether Virat Kohli is in his best form at the moment or not. Jamieson told reporters after the match, ,It is difficult to say whether this is his best performance or not. He has been performing very well for a long time. Whenever you come face to face with them, you feel that you have to give your best performance to compete with them. He is a player of a different level and seems to be in good form most of the time.,

he adds, ,To stop players like Kohli, you have to make some special strategies, but legendary batsmen like him cannot be controlled. He dominates a little bit, so I enjoyed watching him play.,

I was fortunate that I got a chance to play in IPL- Jamieson

Regarding the ups and downs of his career, Jamieson said, there are ups and downs in the career of any player. Everyone has their own experiences. I was fortunate that I got a chance to play in the IPL early in my career. My perspective has changed to a great extent now. These days I feel more grateful than ever to go on tour, play cricket and make my presence felt on the field.

Former South African captain and legendary batsman of his time, Graeme Smith has given a big and surprising statement regarding the 2026 T20 World Cup. Graeme Smith says that the South African team will play well in Indian conditions and win the 2026 T20 World Cup title. However, Smith also admitted that it is almost certain that Team India will reach the semi-finals.

South Africa recently defeated India 2-0 in the Test series at home. After this the South African team lost in the ODI and T20 series. India won the ODI series 2-1. The T20 series was won by 4-1.

Graeme Smith said, looking at India’s talent, it can never be underestimated. This is the home World Cup. There is an interesting change going on in Indian cricket between the head coach Gautam (Gambhir) and the experienced players and it will be interesting to see how this change happens.,

SA20 League Commissioner Graeme Smith said while speaking to some media persons on Friday, ,India’s talent can never be ignored. This is the domestic World Cup. If India does not reach the last four, I will be very surprised. When you go to the World Cup, you want players to be prepared by playing competitive cricket. SA20 is a great platform where players learn to play under pressure by playing against local and international players.,

Let us tell you that the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup was held between India and South Africa. The Indian team had defeated South Africa in a close match. At one time, South Africa had to score only 25 runs in the last 4 overs to win, but the Indian bowlers turned the tables at the last moment and Team India almost won the lost match.

Former Indian captain and legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev is currently playing in the prestigious golf tournaments. He is the President of PGTI i.e. Professional Golf Tour. Bangladeshi players also play in this tournament. In such a situation, when he was asked whether Bangladeshi players would also be excluded from PGTI, he said that we will talk about it. No decision has been taken yet.

Many Bangladeshi players play in PGTI

Bangladesh Cricket Board has decided not to send its team for the T20 World Cup in India next month. BCB has taken this decision after excluding Mustafizur Rahman from IPL. In such a situation, there is talk of excluding Bangladeshi players from PGTI also.

When asked about the possibility of excluding Bangladeshi players from the PGTI Tour, Kapil Dev said, ,We will talk about this. No decision has been taken yet., Let us tell you that many prominent golfers of Bangladesh including Jamal Hossain, Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman and Mohammad Akbar Hossain play on the PGTI Tour.

We also want to do golf like IPL- Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev refused to comment on BCB’s latest decision of writing a letter to ICC. 1983 The World Cup-winning captain was speaking to the media on the sidelines of the inauguration of PGTI’s franchise-based golf league ’72 The League’. Kapil said that India needs a team-based structure for the development of golf. He also gave the example of changes in Indian cricket after the Indian Premier League.

He said, ,I used to play cricket which is a team game whereas golf is an individual game, but India needs a team format in golf also. The changes that took place in cricket after the arrival of the Indian Premier League, we want to do the same in golf through this league.,

BCCI Following the instructions of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Has released Bangladesh’s fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman. He will no longer play in IPL 2026. KKR bought Mustafizur Rahman in the IPL 2026 auction for Rs 9.20 crore. In such a situation, the question now is whether KKR will have to pay this money to Mustafizur Rahman or not., Know here what is the rule of IPL regarding this.

Whenever a team buys a player in the IPL auction, money is deducted from its purse. However, Mustafizur Rahman is not out of IPL due to any injury. His case is completely different. According to the rules of IPL, now KKR will not have to pay any money to Mustafizur Rahman of Bangladesh.

According to IPL rules, if BCCI directs to drop a player for any reason other than cricket, then the entire amount spent on that player is returned to the franchise. This situation is called ‘Force Majeure’. This is such an extraordinary situation which is not under anyone’s control. In these cases the franchise is not obliged to fulfill the contract made with the player. For this reason, Mustafizur Rahman will not get any amount after being released by KKR.

In the last few days, due to the changed political situation in Bangladesh, violence against Hindus has increased, in which many lives have been lost. Incidents of public lynching and violence against Hindus have led to strong protests by religious and social organizations in India and opposition to fielding any Bangladeshi player in the IPL. Campaigns have been run on a large scale regarding this. In view of the increasing demand for not playing Bangladeshi players in the IPL, BCCI had on January 3 directed KKR to release Mustafizur Rahman. KKR released Rahman just hours after BCCI’s instructions.

While playing for Mumbai in Vijay Hazare Trophy, Sarfaraz Khan played a stormy inning of 157 runs in just 75 balls. During this, 9 fours and 14 sixes came from Sarfaraz’s bat. His brother Musheer Khan also scored a half-century. Musheer scored 60 runs in 66 balls with the help of 5 fours and two sixes. Whereas Yashasvi Jaiswal missed the half-century. He was out on 46 runs. However, Mumbai scored a huge score of 444 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs.

Sarfaraz broke Rohit Sharma’s record

Sarfaraz Khan has broken Rohit Sharma’s record with his stormy innings of 157 runs in 75 balls. Actually, Sarfaraz scored a century in just 56 balls in this match. This is the fastest century in List A cricket for Mumbai. Earlier this record was in the name of Rohit Sharma. Rohit had scored a century in 62 balls against Sikkim.

Sarfaraz, who has been out of Team India for a long time, is scoring runs in all three formats in domestic cricket. After scoring consecutive runs in the red ball format, Sarfaraz did wonders in T20 in the Syed Mushtiq Ali Trophy. Now Sarfaraz is scoring runs continuously even in 50 over format. Sarfaraz will be a part of the Chennai Super Kings team in IPL 2026. Chennai bought him in the auction for Rs 75 lakh.

Mumbai scored 444 runs, Hardik also played explosive innings in T20 style.

Apart from Sarfaraz Khan scoring 157 runs in 75 balls, wicketkeeper Hardik Tamore also batted in T20 style for Mumbai. Hardik Tamore scored 53 runs in 28 balls. 6 fours and two sixes came from his bat. Shams Mulani contributed 22 runs in 15 balls and Tanush Kotian contributed 23 unbeaten runs in 12 balls. Whereas Yashasvi Jaiswal was out after scoring 46 runs in 64 balls, Musheer Khan was out after scoring 60 runs in 66 balls and Angkrish Raghuvanshi was out after scoring only 11 runs in 18 balls. Mumbai scored a huge score of 444 runs. During this period, 25 sixes and 35 fours were hit.