Abhishek Sharma creates history in the Asia Cup 2025
The Indian star Abhishek Sharma creates history in the Asia Cup 2025 by reaching the highest rating. Abhishek Sharma has amazed the world of cricket with his unmatched performance in T20 cricket. The star opener achieved the world record of the highest ever rating in the ICC Men’s Batting rankings. Abhishek Sharma’s highest T20I rating was 931, and this was against Sri Lanka. Abhishek’s performance in the powerplay has a glimpse of the young Virender Sehwag.
Asia Cup 2025 Abhishek Sharma History
Abhishek Sharma achieved the best-ever T20I rating after breaking the five-year-long record of the England batter. England’s star batter, David Malan, has achieved the record rating of 919 in 2020. Abhishek smashed 314 runs with an average of 44.85 in the seven games of the Asia Cup 2025. He also made a major contribution against Pakistan in this tournament, where he scored 110 against them.
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Abhishek’s performances in the Asia Cup 2025
India played six games in the Asia Cup 2025, of which three were against Pakistan. Abhishek was a part of these seven games and made a huge impact in India’s win. Abhishek Sharma’s milestone in the Asia Cup 2025 was that he is the highest run scorer in the event.
The following table shows Abhishek Sharma’s performances against different teams in the Asia Cup 2025.
| Team | Runs | Strike Rate |
| UAE | 30 | 187.50 |
| Pakistan | 31 | 238.46 |
| Oman | 38 | 253.33 |
| Pakistan | 74 | 189.74 |
| Bangladesh | 75 | 202.70 |
| Sri Lanka | 61 | 196.77 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 83.33 |
Abhishek Sharma’s aggressive approach in the Powerplay
Abhishek has an aggressive batting intent in the powerplay and can give a good start to his team. India’s powerplay run-rate was about 7.8 per over with the wicket-saving approach. This has been transformed so much after Abhishek’s debut in T20I cricket, and now it is 10.6 per over. The performance of the destructive Indian batter as an opener in the T20I cricket has justified his number 1 T20I ICC ranking. The boundary percentage has also increased from 19% to 28% after Abhishek’s arrival.
Abhishek Sharma breaks Virat Kohli’s rating record
Abhishek Sharma breaks Virat Kohli’s rating record of 909 in the T20Is in the Asia Cup 2025. He also breaks the record of the Indian T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav for the highest rating of 912.
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Men’s T20Is Highest Batting Rating
| Player | Country | Rating |
| Abhishek Sharma | India | 931 |
| Dawid Malan | England | 919 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | India | 912 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 909 |
| Aaron Finch | Australia | 904 |
| Babar Azam | Pakistan | 900 |
This table shows the dominance of Abhishek Sharma with the record performances. The star batter has debut in the T20Is just a year ago and stunned the world with his bat. He transformed the perspective of the Indian batting in the poweplays.
Abhishek Sharma is shining bright for India in the big games, like against Pakistan. He has played just 24 T20I matches and gathered 849 runs with a 36.91 average. The most important thing about his T20I career is his impressive strike rate of 196.07. He also smashed two centuries in his T20I career.