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.

In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match played on Thursday, Goa defeated Bihar by 5 wickets. With this defeat, Bihar remains at the bottom in the points table of Group B, although Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a brilliant inning of 46 runs in this match. He also faced Arjun Tendulkar, who is playing for Goa.

In this match held at Cricket Association of Bengal Ground (Jadavpur University), Goa won the toss and chose to bowl first. Batting first, Bihar scored 180 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Bihar captain Saqibul Ghani and Vaibhav Suryavanshi had made a great start, making a partnership of 59 runs in 5.5 overs for the first wicket. Vaibhav scored 46 runs in 25 balls at a strike rate of 184, although he missed his half-century.

Arjun Tendulkar and Vaibhav Suryavanshi came face to face

Of course, Vaibhav played a brilliant inning of 46 runs, but it is a big thing that he could not hit even a single six in this innings. He hit 4 fours. He also faced Arjun Tendulkar. Arjun had given only 5 runs in the first over, Suryavanshi was able to hit a four off his ball. After this, Suryavanshi hit 3 fours in Arjun’s next over. Arjun Tendulkar gave only 16 runs in the first 2 overs, which can be called good bowling in front of Vaibhav who plays in an explosive style. In the second spell, Arjun took the wicket of Ayush Loharuka and then Suryaj Kashyap. Arjun took 2 wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs.

Apart from Vaibhav, captain Saqibul Ghani played a brilliant inning of 60 runs. The captain hit 3 sixes and 4 fours in 41 balls. Akash Raj scored 40 runs in 31 balls.

Goa won the match by 5 wickets with 1 ball remaining

Bihar vs Goa This match was very exciting, the result of which came on the fifth ball of the last over. Goa achieved the target in 19.5 overs and won by 5 wickets. However, Goa did not have a good start. Arjun Tendulkar came to open, who could score only 5 runs. After this Abhinav Tejarana was bowled on his first ball. But captain Suyyash Prabhudesai played the match-winning innings, scoring 79 runs in 46 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 6 fours. Lalit Yadav played an important inning of 21 runs in 12 balls in the end.

After this match in the Elite ‘B’ group, Goa has come at fourth position in the points table. The team has won 3 out of 5 matches. Goa is at the bottom of the table, having lost in all five matches.

Hardik Pandya has created a stir by returning to the cricket field after 2 months. He played a stormy inning of 77 runs while playing for Baroda team in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025. His innings contributed significantly to Baroda’s 7-wicket victory over Punjab. Hardik was earlier seen playing in the Super-4 match of Asia Cup 2025 against Sri Lanka.

Hardik Pandya suffered a quadricep injury (front part of the thigh) in the Super-4 match against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup 2025. Because of that he had to stay away from cricket for 2 months. Let us tell you that he is not playing in the ODI series against South Africa.

He will have to prove his fitness by playing 2 matches for Baroda in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. By playing a strong inning of 77 runs in 42 balls in the first match, he proved that he has recovered from the injury. Along with this, he also bowled 4 overs. It is possible that he may return in the T20 series against South Africa.

Hardik was expensive in bowling

Playing first, Punjab team had scored a huge score of 222 runs. Captain Abhishek Sharma created havoc and played an inning of 50 runs in 19 balls. Hardik Pandya bowled 4 overs for Baroda, also took one wicket but he gave away 52 runs. Anmolpreet Singh played a half-century inning of 69 runs for Punjab. Naman Dheer also contributed 39 runs.

But everything went up in smoke with batting

Baroda team, which came to chase the target of 223 runs, lost the second wicket on the second ball of the eighth over at the score of 92. Hardik Pandya came to bat at fourth position. He scored unbeaten 77 runs in 42 balls. In this innings played at a strike rate of 183.33, 7 fours and 4 sixes came from his bat.

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Punjab team has lost in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy under the captaincy of Abhishek Sharma. Both Punjab and Haryana teams were able to score 207 runs in the stipulated 20 overs, after which a super over took place, in which Haryana registered a thrilling victory. Abhishek Sharma could not do anything amazing with the bat in this match, while Anshul Kamboj became the hero of Haryana’s victory who plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL.

Haryana team batted first, for which captain Ankit Kumar played a stormy innings of 51 runs in 26 balls. On the other hand, Nishant Sindhu also wreaked havoc on the Punjab bowlers, who scored 61 runs in 32 balls. Even before the end of the 13th over, Haryana’s score had crossed 140. In the last overs, Sumit Kumar played a cameo inning of 28 runs in 14 balls, taking the team to the score of 207.

Abhishek Sharma did not go

Abhishek Sharma and Prabhsimran Singh opened for Punjab, which came to chase the target of 208 runs. Abhishek scored only 6 runs, while by the time the team’s score reached 28, both the openers of Punjab were out. Anmolpreet Singh held one end and scored 81 runs in 37 balls, during which he hit 8 fours and 5 sixes. Ultimately the Punjab team could only score 207 runs in 20 overs.

Haryana won in super over

Punjab batted first in the super over. Anshul Kamboj had dismissed Abhishek Sharma and Sanveer Singh on consecutive balls, Punjab could score only one run in the Super Over. For Haryana, Nishant Sindhu made Haryana not only win the Super Over but also the match by hitting a four on the very first ball.

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