Abhishek Sharma: Young opener Abhishek Sharma will have a chance to achieve a special feat in the first T20I match between India and Zimbabwe to be played at Harare Sports Club. If his bat works, he can register his name in a very exclusive club of legends like Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. 25-year-old Abhishek Sharma, ranked second in the ICC T20I batting rankings, needs just 16 runs to complete 6000 runs in T20 cricket. If he touches this figure in his first T20 match, he will become only the fourth batsman for India to score 6000 T20 runs in 200 or less innings.

Chance to complete 6000 runs in 200 innings
Abhishek Sharma has played 203 T20 matches so far, scoring 5984 runs in 199 innings. These also include 53 T20I matches played for India and 6 matches against Zimbabwe. If he scores 16 runs against Zimbabwe, he will complete 6000 runs in his 200th innings and become the fourth fastest Indian batsman to score 6000 T20 runs. Currently KL Rahul is at the top in this list. He had completed 6000 T20 runs in just 166 innings. At second place is Virat Kohli, who achieved this feat in 184 innings. Whereas, Shubman Gill had reached this milestone in 185 innings.

Indian batsman who scored fastest 6000 runs in T20 cricket
KL Rahul – 166
Virat Kohli – 84
Shubhman Gill – 85
Chris Gayle holds the record in the world
If we talk about the world, then the world record of scoring the fastest 6000 runs in T20 cricket is held in the name of Chris Gayle of West Indies. He achieved this feat in just 162 innings. Pakistan star batsman Babar Azam is at the second position and Indian wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul is at the third position.

Fastest batsman to score 6000 runs in T20 cricket
Chris Gayle – 162

Babar Azam – 165
KL Rahul – 166
Shaun Marsh – 180
Devon Conway – 180