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Sep
New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): Indian opening batter Abhishek Sharma etched his name into cricket history on Thursday by smashing the fastest T20 International century by an Indian, reaching the milestone off just 30 balls during the third and final match against Afghanistan in New Delhi. The left-handed opener produced a breathtaking blitz, hammering 108 runs off 34 deliveries with 11 towering sixes to eclipse former skipper Rohit Sharma’s national benchmark of 35 balls set against Sri Lanka in December 2017. The milestone also stands as the fastest century by any cricketer from an ICC Full Member nation against another Test-playing…
