Virat Kohli, Abhishek Sharma and Rohit Sharma (Image credit: Agencies)
The record was earlier held by former India captain Rohit Sharma, who had scored a 35-ball century against Sri Lanka in Indore in 2017. Sikandar Raza and Finn Allen jointly held the previous record, having both reached their hundreds in 33 balls. Score Batter Match Venue Year 76(22) * Abhishek Sharma (IND) India vs Afghanistan Delhi 2026 74*(25) Kuldeep Gholiya (Portugal) Portugal vs Malta Gibraltar 2023 73*(22) Travis Head (AUS) Australia vs Scotland Edinburgh 2024 68*(21) Wintley Burton (SER) Serbia vs Bulgaria Sofia 2022 68*(28) George Munsey (SCOT) Scotland vs Austria Edinburgh 2023
Abhishek also became the fastest batter from a Full Member nation to score a T20I century.
Fastest century against a Full Member team
The previous record was held by Finn Allen, who had scored a 33-ball century against South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2026 semi-final. Balls Batter Match Venue Year 30 Abhishek Sharma (India) India vs Afghanistan Delhi 2026 33 Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) Zimbabwe vs Gambia Nairobi (Ruaraka) 2024 33 Finn Allen (New Zealand) New Zealand vs South Africa Kolkata 2026 35 David Miller (South Africa) South Africa vs Bangladesh Potchefstroom 2017 35 Rohit Sharma (India) India vs Sri Lanka Indore 2017 He broke the previous record held by Portugal’s Kuldeep Gholiya, who had scored 74 off 25 balls against Malta in 2023. Abhishek also broke the record for the fastest T20I century against a Full Member team.