Has Abhishek Sharma Redefined the Future Beyond Rohit’s T20I Records?
Abhishek Sharma has redefined the T20I format for the Indian team, carrying on the legacy of Rohit Sharma. With the Hitman retired from the shortest format of the game, Abhishek has taken his place and even changed the game for the Indian team with his aggressive batting style.
Abhishek Sharma has redefined the T20I format for the Indian team, carrying on the legacy of Rohit Sharma. With the Hitman retired from the shortest format of the game, Abhishek has taken his place and even changed the game for the Indian team with his aggressive batting style.
Rohit Sharma, the former Indian captain in the T20I format, announced his retirement after India had won the T20 World Cup 2024. After this, fans got worried about who would be replacing the Hitman in the shortest format of the game. However, little did they know that one Sharma would be replaced by another Sharma.
Shortly after Rohit's retirement, Abhishek Sharma took the opening spot in the Indian team and has held it firmly since then. He has also been quite similar to Rohit Sharma, as both batsmen have an aggressive approach, striking from the very first ball. Even in the Asia Cup 2025, Abhishek Sharma came out as India's top run scorer with 173 runs in 4 matches at a strike rate of 208.43.
In the Super Four match against Pakistan, he scored 74 runs, which helped India to win the game over the arch-rivals. But this also helped Abhishek Sharma to take the top spot in the ICC T20I batsman rankings, as he now holds 907 points. Let's analyse whether Abhishek Sharma has redefined the future beyond Rohit's records or not.
1. Abhishek Crowned King of Sixes
With the match against Pakistan, Abhishek Sharma has completed 20 innings in the T20I format for the Indian team, and , averaging more than 2 sixes per inning. Now, he holds the record of most sixes in the T20I format for the Indian team after 20 innings.
He easily broke the record of Yuvraj Singh, who smashed 38 sixes in his first 20 innings in the shortest format of the game. Throughout his T20I career, Rohit Sharma has smashed 205 sixes for the Indian cricket team, and if Abhishek Sharma continues to play at this pace, he is expected to take the record to his name even with fewer matches than the Hitman.
2. Hits 900+ ICC T20I Rating
The ICC rankings got updated on Wednesday (24 September 2025), as Abhishek Sharma, who has been dominating in the Asia Cup, got up to the top spot in the standings. He doesn't only hold the top spot in the ICC rankings, Abhishek also holds 907 points, m after Kohli and Suryakumar, to reach this feat.
The highest T20 ratings which have been achieved by Rohit Sharma has achieved in the shortest format of the game have been just 733, showcasing that Abhishek has easily taken over his legacy. Now, the main question remains whether Abhishek will be able to break the records of Kohli and Suryakumar to get the highest T20 ratings by an Indian player.
3. T20I Future Bright with Abhishek Sharma
Ever since Abhishek Sharma took over the charge as an opener in the Indian team, he hasn't let anyone take over his spot. In 21 matches, he has scored 708 runs at an average of 35.40, with 2 centuries and 3 half-centuries. Along with that, , which remains the highest by any other batsman at the international level after scoring 500 runs.
His ability to strike from the very first ball is way too similar to Rohit Sharma, who maintained this mentality in the T20I and ODI formats of the game. Since Rohit has retired from the T20I format, Abhishek Sharma ensures that the role of an aggressive start is taken by him on behalf of the Hitman.
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