Explosive Indian opener Abhishek Sharma has equalled fellow cricketer Urvil Patel's record by smacking the joint second-fastest T20 hundred, bringing it up only in 28 deliveries in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy fixture against Meghalaya at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Saurashtra.

The ongoing edition of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is witnessing a plethora of records being broken every day. Within 8 days after Urvil Patel smashed a century off just 28 balls, the fastest by an Indian in the shortest format,

Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma created history by scoring a whirlwind 28-ball ton in the 2024-25 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group A clash against Meghalaya in Rajkot on Thursday, December 5.

The previous record for the fastest century in India's domestic T20 competition was held by Rishabh Pant, a 32-ball hundred against Himachal Pradesh in 2018

Urvil Patel followed up his fastest T20 hundred by an Indian with a 36-ball century in the ongoing Sayed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The Gujarat batter has hit two of the four-fastest T20 hundreds by an Indian within a week.

In a total of 12 T20I games for India, Abhishek has hammered 256 runs with a strike rate of 171.81. Talking about the IPL, Abhishek has taken part in 63 matches and has collected 1376 runs at a strike rate of 155.

Abhishek Sharma, on Thursday (Dec 5), smashed the joint-fastest T20 century by an Indian, alongside Urvil Patel of Gujarat. In Punjab's run-chase of 143 versus Meghalaya, in the ongoing 2024/25 Syed Mustaq Ali Tournament (SMAT),

Abhishek Sharma equalled the fastest Indian T20 hundred in 28 balls for Punjab in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy while also breaking Suryakumar Yadav's record for most sixes in a T20 calendar year on Thursday.