Abhishek Sharma Bat: Abhishek Sharma has wreaked havoc in the T20 series against New Zealand. He did wonders in the third T20. Abhishek Sharma scored fifty in just 14 balls and became the second Indian after his mentor Yuvraj Singh to score the fastest half-century in T20 International. Abhishek Sharma did not stop after scoring a half-century. Even after that, there was a lot of runs flowing from his bat. It was a disaster with the bat that in the third T20 against New Zealand, India achieved the target of 20 overs in just 10 overs.
New Zealand had given a target of 154 runs in 20 overs. In reply, India scored 155 runs for 2 wickets in 10 overs and won the match by 8 wickets. Abhishek Sharma Scored unbeaten 68 runs in just 20 balls. His innings included 5 sixes and 7 fours. At the other end, he also got good support from captain Suryakumar Yadav, who scored 57 runs in 26 balls with 6 fours and 3 sixes.
Abhishek, along with Surya, ended the match by making an unbeaten partnership of 102 runs in just 40 balls. When Abhishek Sharma was returning after winning the match for India, some New Zealand players went near him and started checking his bat. Perhaps he was not able to understand how Abhishek Sharma delivers such powerful attacks.
Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy and Mitchell Santner went near and examined Abhishek's bat. Conway and Duffy also saw Abhishek holding the bat in his hand. He also held it by the handle and after checking everything, when he felt satisfied, he returned the bat to Abhishek. The action of New Zealand players to check Abhishek's bat was captured on camera and that video clip is now viral.
Yesterday, New Zealand players were checking Abhishek Sharma's bat after the match.
I don't recall any other players bat being checked like this
The last time I remember opposition players checking a bat was during Sachin Tendulkar's era
— Space Recorder (@1spacerecorder) January 26, 2026
Abhishek Sharma has scored 152 runs with 2 half-centuries in the first 3 matches of the 5 T20 series against New Zealand. In the first T20 played in Nagpur before the third T20, Abhishek Sharma had scored 84 runs in 35 balls at a strike rate of 240. He hit 8 sixes in that match. There are still 2 T20s left against New Zealand. Abhishek's bat will be expected to roar in the same way in those 2 matches also.
