Overview:
He was unbeaten on 23 runs when the play was stopped because of lightning. Sharma faced 13 balls, hitting 1 four and 1 six.
Abhishek Sharma scripted a new world record in the IND vs AUS 5th T20I in Brisbane. The southpaw completed 1,000 runs in the shortest format and became the fastest batter to reach the landmark in terms of balls against the top 10 teams. He reached the milestone in 528 deliveries and went past his captain Suryakumar Yadav, who amassed 1,000 runs in 573 balls.
Abhishek was lucky to stay in the middle as he was dropped twice inside the powerplay overs. He was unbeaten on 23 runs when the play was stopped because of lightning. Sharma faced 13 balls, hitting 1 four and 1 six. Shubman Gill managed 29 runs in 16 balls, including 6 boundaries.
Fastest to 1,000 T20I runs by balls faced (Top ten teams)
Abhishek Sharma – 528
Suryakumar Yadav – 573
Phil Salt – 599
Glenn Maxwell – 604
Earlier, Australia captain Mitch Marsh won the toss and sent India in to bat in overcast conditions, needing a victory at the Gabba to level the T20I series.
India took a 2-1 series lead with a 48-run victory Thursday on the Gold Coast, where Washington Sundar took three wickets in five deliveries to snuff out Australia’s run chase.
The Australians kept the same XI and India made just one change, with Rinku Singh coming in for Tilak Varma at No 4 in the batting order.
Australia lost its last seven wickets for 28 runs on the Gold Coast and was out for 119, its second lowest T20 total on home soil, chasing 168 to win.
The series-opening match was washed out and Australia won the second game before India rallied with a five-wicket win in Game 3.
The Australians won the preceding ODI series 2-1 after taking the first two games.
This is Australia’s last game before the five-test Ashes series against England starts Nov. 21 in Perth.
Playing XIs
Australia: Matt Short, Mitchell Marsh (captain), Josh Inglis, Tim David, Josh Philippe, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Xavier Bartlett, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa
India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah.