Star cricketer from Sunrisers Hyderabad smashes fastest T20 hundred by Indian, he will get salary of… in IPL 2025

Sunrisers Hyderabad star batter smashed a hundred off only 28 balls to equal the record for fastest T20 century by an Indian.

Just days after Urvil Patel broke Rishabh Pant’s record to score the fastest century by an Indian in T20 cricket, this record has been equaled in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Tournament T20 match at the Niranjan Shah Stadium ground in Rajkot on Thursday. Urvil Patel had smashed 28-ball century against Tripura in Indore last week but a rising star of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) team has equaled this mark.

We are talking about Punjab and SRH opener Abhishek Sharma. The left-handed batter clobbered 28-ball hundred against Meghalaya to power his side to seven-wicket win with more than 10 overs to spare while chasing 144 to win.

Punjab captain Abhishek remained unbeaten on 106 off 29 balls with 11 sixes and 8 fours as his side chased down the total in just 9.3 overs. He, thus, equaled Gujarat batter Urvil’s record for fastest ton by an Indian in T20 cricket. Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant earlier held this record with a century off 32 balls.

Abhishek Sharma was one of five players retained by SRH ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. He will get a whopping salary of Rs 14 crore – a massive rise from Rs 6.5 crore that he was getting since the IPL 2025 season.

🚨 RECORD ALERT 👉 Abhi smashes his way to the joint fastest T20 💯 by an Indian! 🔥

Just another day of #PlayWithFire for Abhi at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25 🤩 pic.twitter.com/J2y4BePzQP

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) December 5, 2024

The 24-year-old batter has made a fine start in T20 international cricket as well, scoring his maiden century in just his 2nd match against Zimbabwe at Harare earlier this year.

The Punjab southpaw, who smacked 11 sixes in his knock to break Suryakumar Yadav’s record for most T20 sixes by an Indian in a calendar year. While India’s T20I captain smashed 85 sixes in 41 innings 2022, Abhishek had leapfrogged his Indian teammate, taking his tally to 86 sixes in only 38 innings this year.

The fastest-ever T20 hundred record belong to Sahil Chauhan of Estonia, which came off 27 balls against Cyprus earlier this year.

Here’s a list of fastest T20 hundreds

Balls	Player	Match	Year
27	Sahil Chauhan	Estonia vs Cyprus	2024
28	Abhisek Sharma	Punjab vs Meghalaya	2024
28	Urvil Patel	Gujarat vs Tripura	2024
30	Chris Gayle	RCB vs Pune Warriors	2013
32	Rishabh Pant	Delhi vs Himachal Pradesh	2018