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New Delhi, 27 July 2026: The Indian cricket team has achieved unbeatable lead in the T20 series against Zimbabwe. Shreyas Iyer and his team registered a huge win of 90 runs in the second T20 match; However, Abhishek Sharma once again failed to make any significant impact in batting and was out after scoring only 8 runs. He has not been able to even reach double digit scores in his last three innings and has been able to score only one half-century in his last ten innings. Although his performance in batting in the last match was not special, but he created history with his bowling.

Abhishek Sharma dismissed Richard Ngarawani, the last wicket of Zimbabwe’s innings, ensuring a 90-run victory for India. Earlier, Abhishek had dismissed Brad Evans and Nyamahuri. He took 3 wickets for 17 runs in 2.5 overs.

First Indian opener to do so

Abhishek Sharma has created history in bowling. He has become the first Indian opener to take three wickets in a T20 international match. This record in Test cricket is in the name of Vinoo Mankad, who took eight wickets against Pakistan in 1952.

This record in one-day matches is in the name of Ravi Shastri, who opened the match against Australia in 1991 and took 5 wickets for 15 runs. Now, Abhishek has been named as the Indian opener who bowled the best bowling spell in T20.

Abhishek is struggling in batting

Since the series against Ireland (including the second T20 against Zimbabwe), Abhishek Sharma has scored only one half-century in nine innings. He played these innings in the first T20 against England. In four of those innings he could not even reach a double-digit score. These figures are not impressive for the player ranked second in the ICC T20 batting rankings.