Abhishek Sharma played another brilliant innings in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Punjab captain Abhishek scored 62 runs in 34 balls at a strike rate of more than 182 against Services on Saturday. In this innings he hit 3 sixes and 8 fours. With this, he has completed his 100 T20 sixes in the year 2025, becoming the first Indian player to do so.

Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma made a century partnership for the first wicket with Simran Singh, both scored 106 runs in 57 balls. Simran Singh also played an explosive innings, he scored 50 runs in 28 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 7 fours. Simran was dismissed by Mohit Rathi and Abhishek by Ravi Chauhan. After this, Naman Dhir also scored a quick half-century, he scored 54 runs in 22 balls at a strike rate of 245. In this innings, Naman hit 6 sixes and 2 fours.

Abhishek Sharma became ‘Sixer King’

Abhishek Sharma has become the first Indian to hit 100 T20 sixes in a calendar year. He has hit 101 sixes in 36 T20 innings played in the year 2025. Nicholas Pooran holds the record for hitting most sixes in a year. The explosive batsman from West Indies hit a total of 170 T20 sixes last year.

Just a few days ago, Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan also completed 100 T20 sixes in the year 2025. He also became the first player to do so for his country. Let us tell you that Abhishek is the sixth batsman in the world to hit 100 T20 sixes in a year.

Abhishek Sharma is second in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He has scored 304 runs in 6 innings, which includes a record inning of 148 runs. Ayush Mhatre is at number one with 325 runs. Abhishek has hit a total of 26 sixes so far in this tournament.

Batsmen who hit 100 T20 sixes in a year

This record was first made by former West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle in 2011. He has hit 100 T20 sixes not once or twice but 6 times in a year. The best year among these was 2015, when he hit a total of 135 sixes.

Nicholas Pooran is the batsman who has hit the most number of sixes in T20 in a calendar year, he has done this twice. In 2024, he hit a total of 170 sixes, whereas this year he has hit 103 sixes.

Austrian batsman Karanbir Singh has hit 122 sixes in T20 this year. Heinrich Klaasen had hit 105 sixes last year. Sahibzada Farhan hit 100 T20 sixes this year.

Till Tuesday, almost all the teams have played 4-4 matches in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026. Ishan Kishan, playing for Jharkhand, played a brilliant inning of 93 runs against Saurashtra on Tuesday, after which he has moved above Abhishek Sharma in the list of top-10 batsmen who have scored the most runs in the tournament. At number one is Ayush Mhatre of Mumbai, who has so far scored 2 centuries in 4 innings.

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 Top Run Scorer

Ayush Mhatre is currently the highest run-scorer in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026. He has scored a total of 253 runs in 4 innings. Mumbai player Ayush had scored unbeaten 110 against Vidarbha and unbeaten 104 against Andhra, today against Assam he was out after scoring only 21 runs.

Punjab captain Abhishek is at fourth place in the list, who has scored a total of 208 runs in 4 innings. Abhishek had played a historic inning of 148 runs against Bengal. Abhishek also scored a half-century (50) against Baroda today.

Ishan Kishan reached second place

Jharkhand captain Ishan Kishan today played an inning of 93 runs in 50 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 11 fours against Saurashtra. After this innings, he reached second place in the list by defeating Abhishek and Kunal Chandela. Ishaan has scored 248 runs in 4 matches. Ishaan had earlier played an unbeaten inning of 113 runs against Tripura. See the list of the top-10 batsmen who have scored the most runs so far in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26.

1. Ayush Mhatre (253)

• Team-Mumbai
• Match-4
• runs- 253
• Highest score- 110*
• century-2
• half century-

2. Ishan Kishan (248)

• Team- Jharkhand
• Match-4
• Run- 248
• Highest score- 113*
• century-1
• Half century- 1

3. Kunal Chandela (229)

• Team- Uttarakhand
• Match-4
• Run- 229
• Highest score- 94
• century-
• Half century- 2

4. Abhishek Sharma (208)

• Team- Punjab
• Match-4
• Run- 208
• Highest score- 148
• Century- 1
• Half century- 1

5. Anmolpreet Singh (204)

• Team- Punjab
• Match-4
• Run- 204
• Highest score- 81
• century-
• Half century- 2

6. Kishan Ligdoh (200)

• Team- Meghalaya
• Match-4
• Run- 200
• Highest score- 115
• Century- 1
• Half century- 1

7. Rohan Sunil Kunnummal (199)

• Team- Kerala
• Match-4
• Run- 199
• Highest score- 121*
• Century- 1
• half century-

8. Ravichandran Recall (193)

• Team- Karnataka
• Match-4
• Run- 193
• Highest score- 67
• century-
• Half century- 1

9. Abhimanyu Easwaran (185)

• Team- Bengal
• Match-4
• Run- 185
• Highest score- 130*
• Century- 1
• Half century- 0

10. Lalit Yadav (181)

• Team- Goa
• Match-4
• Run- 181
• Highest score- 85*
• century-
• Half century- 2

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.