Abhishek Sharma Hits 35-Ball Century in India’s Chase

Abhishek Sharma scored 113 from 38 balls, including a century off 35 deliveries, as India chased New Zealand’s target in the third T20 international in Wellington. His innings lifted his career total to 11 centuries in men’s T20 cricket, one more than Virat Kohli’s reported 10. India reached 199 for the loss of four wickets, winning by six wickets with 40 balls remaining, according to match accounts. New Zealand had made 198 for three in its 20 overs. Abhishek struck nine fours and 11 sixes before being dismissed in the 10th over. The opener reached his half-century in 14 balls and brought up three figures with a boundary off Kyle Jamieson. His 35-ball hundred matched the second-fastest mark by a batter representing a Full Member nation in a men’s T20 international, behind his own 30-ball century against Afghanistan. It was also his second entry among the fastest hundreds in that category. The innings was Abhishek’s fourth century in T20 internationals, tying the reported total of Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav. That tally is distinct from his 11 hundreds across men’s T20 cricket, which includes matches beyond international fixtures. In the broader format, the reports...