Former Indian Test opener Aakash Chopra has showered praise on Abhishek Sharma’s consistency in T20Is since making his debut in the shortest format. Abhishek has been in decent form and has delivered at the top of the order for India.

The left-hander scored 59 runs off 24 balls in the opening T20I against England whereas he scored 43 runs off 24 balls in the previous game. The Indian opener is currently the second-ranked T20I batter in the world.

Chopra highlighted the number of records Abhishek has bagged in his T20I career since making his debut for India.

“On July 6, which was yesterday, Abhishek Sharma completed two years since his T20I debut, and since his debut, he has the highest strike rate (192.83) amongst all top nations. He has the highest score (135) for India. He has hit the most sixes in the world. He has hit more than 100 sixes. No one has hit more sixes than him in the same time period,” Chopra said on his YouTube Channel.

“He has scored the most runs for India since his debut. He has scored almost 1,590 runs. He has hit the most boundaries, and I am not talking about India here. He has the most 50-plus scores (13) across the globe since his debut. He is the second youngest Indian to score 1,500 runs,” he added.

Abhishek recently became the fastest batter to score 100 T20I sixes as he took only 785 balls and Chopra reckons Vaibhav Sooryavanshi might take even fewer balls than Sharma to reach the same milestone.

“He is No. 2 in the ICC rankings at the moment, and was No. 1 for a very long time. He has taken the fewest balls (785) to reach 100 sixes. Vaibhav Suryavanshi might break this record someday. He has the second-most fifties with a strike rate of more than 200. He has done that nine times. He has the most fifties for India in less than 20 balls. He has done that five times,” he observed.

The third T20I between England and India will be played at Nottingham on Tuesday.