Abhishek Sharma (born 4 September 2000) is an Indian cricketer from Amritsar, Punjab. He is an aggressive left-handed opening batter who also bowls left-arm orthodox spin. He plays T20 internationals for India, domestic cricket for Punjab and franchise cricket for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL.
He made his India debut in July 2024 and quickly became one of the most destructive openers in world cricket. In 2025 he became the
Abhishek Sharma
Abhi, Strike Rate Sharma
04 Sep
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Cricketer (Left-handed Opening Batter, Left-arm Spinner)
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2017 – present
Opening batter, Indian T20I team
Punjab, India, IPL
Sunrisers Hyderabad (IPL)
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Virgo
Indian Rupees
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Abhishek made his first-class debut for Punjab in the Ranji Trophy on 6 October 2017. On 28 February 2021 he scored a 42-ball hundred against Madhya Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the fastest List A century by an Indian. In the 2023–24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy he scored 485 runs at a strike rate of 192.46, with two hundreds, as Punjab won the title for the first time.
Delhi Daredevils bought him for ₹55 lakh at the 2018 IPL auction, and he scored 46 off 19 balls on debut. He later moved to Sunrisers Hyderabad and became their regular opener from 2022, when he scored 426 runs. In 2024, opening with Travis Head, he scored 484 runs at a strike rate of about 200 and won the season's Most Sixes award (42). In 2025 he hit his first IPL hundred, 141 off 55 balls against Punjab Kings, the highest score by an SRH batter. In April 2026 he scored an unbeaten 135 against Delhi Capitals.
He made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe on 6 July 2024 in Harare and scored his maiden international hundred in the very next match.
On 2 February 2025 at the Wankhede Stadium he smashed 135 off 54 balls against England with 13 sixes, the highest T20I score by an Indian. Later that year he became the world's No. 1 T20I batter. At the 2025 Asia Cup he scored 314 runs in seven innings, a record for a T20 Asia Cup, and was named Player of the Tournament. He was also named ICC Men's Player of the Month for September 2025.
At the 2026 T20 World Cup, he had a difficult group stage with three ducks. He scored a 21-ball 52 in the final, sharing a 98-run stand with Sanju Samson as India won the title.
On 17 September 2026 in New Delhi he reached a 30-ball hundred against Afghanistan and finished with 108 off 34 balls (9 fours, 11 sixes). It was India's fastest T20I century and the fastest by a batter from a Full Member nation. In October 2026 he made 61 off 28 balls in the Asian Games final against Pakistan as India won gold by 19 runs. On 27 October 2026 in Wellington he hit 113 off 38 balls against New Zealand, his 11th T20 century, the most by an Indian.
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