Abhishek Sharma (born 4 September 2000) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India national team.[2][3] He plays as a left-handed opening batter as well as a left-arm orthodox spinner.[4] In domestic cricket, he represents Punjab and in the Indian Premier League, he plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad.[5] He became the number one T20I batter in 2025 achieving the highest-ever rating points in the format's history.[6]
Sharma was born on 4 September 2000 in Amritsar to Raj Kumar and Manju.[1][7] He has two sisters Komal and Sania. He is the youngest of the three.[1] He completed his schooling from Delhi Public School, Amritsar.[8]
Sharma is a childhood friend of Shubman Gill and they used to open the innings for Punjab in the U14s.[9] Yuvraj Singh played a role in coaching Sharma during the COVID-19 lockdown period.[10]
Sharma scored a century in his maiden U-16 match in the domestic cricket tournament for the 2015–2016 Vijay Merchant Trophy. He scored 1,200 runs at an average of 109.09.[11] He then made his U-19 debut for Punjab in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy in 2016.[12]
He made his debut in first-class cricket for Punjab in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 6 October 2017.[13] He led Punjab to their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy win in the 2023-24 season finishing as the second-highest run scorer of the tournament with 485 runs from ten innings at an average of 48.50 and a strike rate of 192.46, registering two hundreds and three fifties.[14]
He played in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy for Punjab.[15] On 28 February 2021, playing for Punjab against Madhya Pradesh, he scored the fastest hundred by an Indian in List A cricket, in 42 balls.[16]
Sharma captained the team to victory at the 2016 U19 Asia Cup and was the player of the match during the final.[17] He also led the team during an ODI series against England U19 in 2017.[18] He was a key member of the team that won the 2018 U19 World Cup. He scored a half-century against Bangladesh in the quarterfinal match of the tournament.[19]
In January 2018, Sharma was bought by Delhi Daredevils in the 2018 IPL auction for Rs 5.5 million.[20] In May, he made his debut and went on to score 46 runs off 19 balls.[21]
In Feb 2022, Sharma was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2022 edition.[22] During the tournament, he played 14 matches and scored 426 runs.[23] In 2024, he scored the fastest fifty for SRH against Mumbai Indians at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.[24] He also finished the season with 484 runs in 16 matches and a strike rate of 200. He was the second highest run-scorer for the team after Travis Head.[25] He won the Most Sixes award for hitting the highest number of sixes (42) in the tournament.[26]
During the 2025 season, Sharma hit his first century of the league in 40 balls during the match against Punjab Kings.[27] He scored 141 runs off 55 balls, the highest individual score by an Indian in the league's history.[28] It was also the third highest individual score of all time.[29] Additionally, it was the highest score by an SRH batter and the fifth-fastest hundred witnessed by the league.[30] In October 2025, he became highest rated player player ever in T20I by achieving 931 rating points. He broke the David Malan record which was 919 rating points.[citation needed]
Sharma was called up for the 2024 tour of Zimbabwe and made his international debut in the first match on 6 July.[31] He scored his maiden T20I century in the second match of the series, scoring 100 runs at the Harare Sports Club. He became the fastest Indian to score a century in innings batted.[32] He also became the fourth batter to hit a maiden T20I century before 24 years of age.[33]
In 2025, he hit the highest individual score for India in T20Is by scoring 135 runs from 54 balls vs England. His innings included 13 sixes and 7 fours.[34] Sharma hit the second-highest score against England as well as the second-fastest half-century and century for India by balls faced.[35] He also hit the most sixes for India in an innings in men's T20Is and had the highest run-rate during a 100+ partnership for India in T20Is.[36] He jumped to the 2nd spot in the men's T20I world rankings after the century, becoming India's number one batter.[37]
In 2025, Sharma reached the number one world ranking in the T20I format and became the youngest Indian to do so.[38] At the 2025 Asia Cup, Sharma broke the record of the most runs scored in a T20I edition of the tournament.[39] He became the highest run-scorer of the edition with 314 runs in seven innings.[40] He was also awarded the player of the tournament for his performance.[41] His successful campaign led to him achieved the highest-ever rating points in T20I history with a total of 931 ranking points.[42]
| Opponent | Test | ODI | T20I | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia
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– | – | – | – |
 Bangladesh
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– | – | – | – |
 England
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– | – | 1 | 1 |
 Ireland
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– | – | – | – |
 New Zealand
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– | – | – | – |
 Pakistan
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– | – | – | – |
 South Africa
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– | – | – | – |
 Sri Lanka
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– | – | – | – |
 West Indies
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– | – | – | – |
 Zimbabwe
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– | – | 1 | 1 |
| Total | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Runs | Against | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Zimbabwe
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Harare Sports Club, Harare | Away | 7 July 2024 | Won | [43] |
| 135 | England
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Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | Home | 2 February 2025 | Won | [44] |
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