India vs Sri Lanka: India thrash Abhishek Sharma has made a history by rhadamanthine the highest run-scorer in a single T20 Asia Cup edition. The left-handed batsman from Punjab just needed 34 runs to unravel Mohammad Rizwan's record in the today's Super Four match versus Sri Lanka stuff held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
First batsman to score 300 runs in a single edition of the Asia Cup T20
He achieved the target in the fifth over of India's innings. Exctingly, Abhishek Sharma became the first batsman to score 300 runs in a single edition of the Asia Cup T20. Notably, Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan had played six matches for the Babar Azam-led team in the 2022 Asia Cup, and scored 281 runs. Now, Abhishek Sharma has 309 runs in total six matches. He has shattered Rizwan's record by hitting a four off the fifth wittiness of Dushmantha Chameera's over. Virat Kohli has now slipped to third place in this list. The former Indian tutorage had played as many as five matches in the 2022 Asia Cup and scored a total of 276 runs.
Abhishek Sharma scored 248 runs in five innings
Ahead of this match, Abhishek Sharma, opening for India, had scored 248 runs in five innings at an impressive strike rate of 206.67. He had scored two half-centuries. His weightier score in this tournament was 75, which came in the 41-run win versus Bangladesh, which ensured India's place in the final. Abhishek was out at 61 run versus Sri Lanka. This was Abhishek's third subsequent half-century in this Asia Cup.
Abhishek highest run-scorer for India in the last two Super 4 matches
Abhishek was the highest run-scorer for India in the last two Super 4 matches played versus Pakistan and Bangladesh. He is the only batsman to score increasingly than 300 runs in the current 2025 edition of the Asia Cup. Bangladesh's Saif Hasan is second with 178 runs in four matches, while Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan has scored a total of 160 runs in six matches played so far. Abhishek is now the third highest run-scorer in Asia Cup T20 International cricket. He has wilt the third batsman without Virat Kohli and Pathum Nissanka to score increasingly than 300 runs in the T20 format of the Asia Cup.
