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World No. 1 T20I batter Abhishek Sharma is playing for Punjab in the 2025 edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, and on Sunday, November 30, during his team’s third Elite Group C match against Bengal at Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad, the 25-year-old left-handed batter from Amritsar, who is also leading the Punjab team, entered his name in the history books by registering the second-highest individual score in the history of T20 cricket by an Indian batter.
Abhishek opened the innings for Punjab and scored 148 runs from 52 balls. During his stay at the crease, he hammered 8 fours and 16 sixes.
Only one Indian batter—Tilak Varma—has scored more runs in a T20 match than him. During the 2024 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match between Hyderabad and
Meghalaya in Saurashtra on November 23, the left-handed batter scored 151 runs from 67 balls. In that fixture, Tilak hammered 14 fours and 10 sixes.
Most runs in a T20 match by Indian batter
| PLAYER | TEAM | RUNS | BALLS | 4/6s | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| Tilak Varma | Hyderabad | 151 | 67 | 14/10 | Meghalaya | Saurashtra | November 23, 2024 |
| Abhishek Sharma | Punjab | 148 | 52 | 8/16 | Bengal | Hyderabad | November 30, 2025 |
| Shreyas Iyer | Mumbai | 147 | 55 | 7/15 | Sikkim | Indore | February 21, 2019 |
| Punit Bisht | Meghalaya | 146* | 51 | 6/17 | Mizoram | Chennai | January 13, 2021 |
| Vaibhav Suryavanshi | India A | 144 | 42 | 11/15 | UAE | Doha | November 14, 2025 |
| Abhishek Sharma | SRH | 141 | 55 | 14/10 | PBKS | Hyderabad | April 12, 2025 |
| Mohammed Azharuddeen | Kerala | 137* | 54 | 9/11 | Mumbai | Mumbai (WS) | January 13, 2021 |
| Abhishek Sharma | India | 135 | 54 | 7/13 | England | Mumbai (WS) | February 2, 2025 |
| Bhanu Pania | Baroda | 134* | 51 | 5/15 | Sikkim | Indore | December 5, 2024 |
| Prithvi Shaw | Mumbai | 134 | 61 | 13/9 | Assam | Rajkot | October 14, 2022 |
The overall record of scoring the most runs in a T20 match is in the name of Chris Gayle. The legendary West Indies batter remained unbeaten on 175 runs from just 66 balls in the IPL 2013 match played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Pune Warriors India at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on April 23.
Highest individual scores in T20s
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | TEAM | RUNS | BALLS | 4/6s | AGAINST | VENUE | YEAR |
| Chris Gayle | West Indies | RCB | 175* | 66 | 13/17 | Pune Warriors | Bengaluru | 2013 |
| Aaron Finch | Australia | Australia | 172 | 76 | 16/10 | Zimbabwe | Harare | 2018 |
| Hamilton Masakadza | Zimbabwe | Mountaineers | 162* | 71 | 14/11 | Eagles | Bulawayo | 2016 |
| Hazratullah Zazai | Afghanistan | Afghanistan | 162* | 62 | 11/16 | Ireland | Dehradun | 2019 |
| Sahibzada Farhan | Pakistan | Peshawar | 162* | 72 | 14/11 | Quetta | Multan | 2025 |
| Dewald Brevis | South Africa | Titans | 162 | 57 | 13/13 | Knights | Potchefstroom | 2022 |
| Adam Lyth | England | Yorkshire | 161 | 73 | 20/7 | Northants | Leeds | 2017 |
| Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | KKR | 158* | 73 | 10/13 | RCB | Bengaluru | 2008 |
| Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | Warwickshire | 158* | 64 | 13/11 | Derbyshire | Birmingham | 2015 |
During his stay at the crease on Sunday, Abhishek added 205 runs in 12.3 overs for the first wicket with Prabhsimran Singh, who made 70 runs from 35 balls, with the help of 8 fours and 4 sixes.
