India batter Abhishek Sharma is on the verge of a world record, which he could break in Sunday's Asia Cup final.
Abhishek Sharma equals Rohit Sharma, Mohammad Rizwan
Against Sri Lanka in India's final Super Fours match of the Asia Cup, Abhishek got India off to a flier with 61 off 31 from the top of the order, before Tilak Verma (49*) and Sanju Samson (39) helped India to 202-5. Pathum Nissanka's maiden T20I century (107) was only enough to help Sri Lanka tie the game, before they lost the Super Over.
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His latest knock continued a run of stunning form for Abhishek. In his last seven innings, stretching back to February this year, the opener has made at least 30 in each one – a joint-world record with India and Pakistan stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Mohammad Rizwan.
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This run started with his highest T20I score, 135 against England. The next six have all come in this Asia Cup, with three scores in the thirties followed three half-centuries in a row.
In fact, Abhishek only narrowly missed securing the world record already – immediately before the 135, he scored 29 against the same opposition. He has a chance to do so now, in the Asia Cup final. If he makes it to 50, that would be another step towards equalling, or even crossing, Zimbabwe star Sikandar Raza's world record of five half-centuries in a row.
His 444 runs in this time is a Full Member record in men's T20Is for a seven-innings stretch, and only six behind the all-time record of 450 set by Switzerland's Faheem Nazir. These runs have come at a strike rate of 216.59. Among those to score 400 runs in a seven-innings stretch, Aaron Finch (214.51) is the only other one to strike at over 200.
Most consecutive 30-plus scores in men's T20Is
| Name | Team | Consecutive 30+ scores | From | To | Scores |
| Rohit Sharma | India | 7 | November 3, 2021 | February 16, 2022 | 74, 30, 56, 48, 55, 56, 40 |
| Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan | 7 | April 25, 2021 | October 26, 2021 | 91*, 63, 37, 76*, 46, 79*, 33 |
| Abhishek Sharma^ | India | 7 | February 2, 2025 | September 26, 2025 | 135, 30, 31, 38, 74, 75, 61 |
| Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe | 6 | November 26, 2023 | January 14, 2024 | 48, 58, 65, 82, 65, 62 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | 6 | October 24, 2018 | November 4, 2018 | 39, 40, 32*, 45, 34*, 53* |
| George Munsey | Scotland | 6 | June 16, 2018 | February 15, 2019 | 41, 46, 46, 71, 32, 50 |
| Shane Watson | Australia | 6 | September 7, 2012 | September 30, 2012 | 33, 47, 51, 41*, 72, 70 |
| Shaiman Anwar | UAE | 6 | February 29, 2016 | January 16, 2017 | 46, 43, 34, 60, 56, 52 |
| Luka Woods^ | Serbia | 6 | September 30, 2024 | August 31, 2025 | 37, 54*, 112, 54*, 82, 40 |
Correct upto completed matches on September 26, 2025
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