17-year-old batsman Lakshya Raichandani breaks several records by scoring a double century against Australia

Abhishek Sharma once again demonstrated an aggressive playing style, starting the attack on the bowlers from the very first over of the match against Afghanistan. He showed impressive IPL-style play and set a new record.

Sharma reached a hundred runs in just 30 balls, using 9 fours and 10 sixes. His entire innings included 11 sixes. Rashid Khan was the player who dismissed him. Abhishek Sharma managed to score 108 runs off 34 balls.

Previously, Abhishek Sharma attracted the attention of fans in the first match of this series. Thanks to consistent scoring throughout the series, he also improved his ranking in the ICC rankings, securing second place in the ICC T20 rankings.

Abhishek Sharma made history in men's T20 International Cricket powerplay when, in the match against Afghanistan in Delhi in 2026, he played a storming innings of 76 runs off just 22 balls in the powerplay.

Thanks to this explosive performance, he set a new world record for the highest individual score in the first six overs of T20 International Cricket. He surpassed strong players such as Kuldeep Golia from Portugal and Travis Head from Australia.

Before Sharma, this record belonged to Kuldeep Golia, who scored 74 runs without being out against Malta in Gibraltar in 2023 for 25 balls in the powerplay. Furthermore, Australian batter Travis Head dropped to third place on this list after scoring 73 runs without being out for 22 balls in the first six overs against Scotland in Edinburgh in 2024.

Experienced Zimbabwean player Brendan Taylor set a historic record during a match against Australia. In the first ODI held on Tuesday in Harare, Taylor surpassed a significant world record held by the great Indian player Sachin Tendulkar.

Taylor is now the player with the longest career in men's ODI cricket. His ODI career has reached 22 years and 146 days. Previously, this record belonged to Sachin Tendulkar, whose ODI career lasted 22 years and 91 days, meaning Taylor surpassed his record by approximately 55 days.

Brendan Taylor debuted for Zimbabwe in ODIs in 2004 and has since become one of the team's most reliable batsmen. At 40 years old, Taylor has scored 11 centuries in 207 ODI matches, which is a national record for Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, Sachin Tendulkar debuted in ODIs in 1989 and retired from the format in 2012, having a career of 22 years and 91 days.

Despite breaking the career longevity record, Sachin Tendulkar holds other major records in ODI cricket. He is the batsman who has scored the most runs in ODIs, with a total of 18,426. Furthermore, Sachin played 463 matches in this format, significantly more than Brendan Taylor.

Although Taylor set the record for the longest service period, Sachin Tendulkar retains the title of the batsman with the most runs scored in ODIs, and also holds the record for the number of matches played in this format.

Brendan Taylor's history is unique not only because of this record. His sporting career was full of ups and downs. Taylor initially announced his retirement from international cricket in 2021. However, in 2022, he was found guilty of violating the ICC anti-doping and anti-corruption code and received a three-year ban.

After completing this suspension period, Taylor returned to international cricket in 2025. Zimbabwe is preparing for the joint 2027 ODI World Cup with South Africa and Namibia, and Taylor decided to rejoin the team as part of this preparation.

On Tuesday in Harare, Australia won the draw and decided to bat first. This match was the first ODI between the two teams in Zimbabwe in the last 12 years. There is also an interesting connection: Australian captain Mitchell Marsh is among the three players who participated in the previous ODI against Zimbabwe in 2014 and are now playing in this match again after 12 years.