{"id":712052,"date":"2026-07-26T13:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T13:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/712052\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T13:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T13:53:16","slug":"abhishek-sharma-scripts-history-enters-indian-crickets-record-books-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/712052\/","title":{"rendered":"Abhishek Sharma scripts history, enters Indian cricket&#8217;s record books | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/zimbabwe-india-cricket.jpg\" alt=\"Abhishek Sharma scripts history, enters Indian cricket's record books\" title=\"India's Abhishek Sharma (AP Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>India&#8217;s Abhishek Sharma (AP Photo) India all-rounder <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/abhishek-sharma\/66799\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Abhishek Sharma<\/a> etched his name into the record books after registering the best bowling figures by an Indian opener in T20I cricket during the second T20I against Zimbabwe on Saturday. The left-arm spinner returned figures of 3\/17, surpassing every Indian opener to produce the finest bowling performance in the shortest format. His spell came as India thrashed Zimbabwe by 90 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/abhishek\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Abhishek<\/a>&#8216;s effort now sits alongside two iconic performances by Indian openers across formats. Vinoo Mankad continues to hold the record in Tests with his remarkable 8\/52 against Pakistan in 1952, while Ravi Shastri&#8217;s 5\/15 against Australia in 1991 remains the best by an Indian opener in ODIs.CJP Jantar Mantar Protest Updates Best bowling figures by an Indian opener:   Tests: Vinoo Mankad \u2013 8\/52 vs Pakistan (1952)   ODIs: Ravi Shastri \u2013 5\/15 vs Australia (1991)   T20Is: Abhishek Sharma \u2013 3\/17 vs Zimbabwe (2026)   Abhishek had endured a disappointing outing with the bat after being dismissed cheaply by Blessing Muzarabani, but he made a decisive impact with the ball. Introduced as a part-time option, the left-arm spinner struck three times to ensure Zimbabwe never recovered during their daunting chase of 220. Zimbabwe&#8217;s pursuit lost momentum after Brian Bennett&#8217;s early aggression was cut short, and the visitors kept chipping away at regular intervals. Abhishek&#8217;s three wickets, along with two each from Yash Thakur and Prince Yadav, bundled the hosts out for 129. Earlier, India recovered from 29\/2 thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/ishan-kishan\/64712\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ishan Kishan<\/a>&#8216;s commanding 81 and Tilak Varma&#8217;s unbeaten 60. Kishan steadied the innings before accelerating in the latter half of his knock, while Tilak produced a fluent half-century to power India to 219\/5. The bowlers then completed the job in emphatic fashion, with Abhishek capping off the victory by creating a new Indian record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Abhishek Sharma (AP Photo) India all-rounder Abhishek Sharma etched his name into the record books after registering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[70118,39531,235865,235866,1721,7683,235867,103284,235869,101,235868,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-712052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-abhishek","tag-abhishek-sharma","tag-abhishek-sharma-t20i-bowling-record","tag-best-bowling-figures-indian-opener-t20i","tag-cricket","tag-india-national-cricket-team","tag-india-vs-zimbabwe-t20i-2026","tag-ishan-kishan","tag-ravi-shastri-odi-bowling-record","tag-sports","tag-t20i-match-report-india-zimbabwe","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}