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30 in 1 over! Sarfaraz Khan punishes Abhishek Sharma as IND opener tastes his own medicine

Aakash Saini

Sarfaraz Khan flays Abhishek Sharma in VHT 2026 [Source: @ImTanujSingh, @NeerajY00859341/x]Sarfaraz Khan flays Abhishek Sharma in VHT 2026 [Source: @ImTanujSingh, @NeerajY00859341/x]

Firebrand Indian opener Abhishek Sharma got the bitter taste of his own medicine when the 25-year-old found himself at the wrong end of Sarfaraz Khan’s batting brutality. Defending 217 runs for a win, the Punjab skipper employed himself to bowl the tenth over of the Mumbai innings soon after the fall of Musheer Khan. Musheer’s brother Sarfaraz Khan, however, went bonkers from the outset as he launched Abhishek Sharma for 30 runs in a single over.

Sarfaraz Khan ended up whacking 62 runs from just 20 deliveries with seven cracking boundaries and five huge sixes at the Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground in Jaipur, but Mumbai still fell a run short of Punjab in a dramatic choke during their Elite Group C match of the 2025-26 Vijay Hazare Trophy season.

Sarfaraz Khan hammers Abhishek Sharma’s Punjab

Sarfaraz Khan slapped a 15-ball half-century for Mumbai against Abhishek Sharma’s Punjab in Jaipur in their Elite Group C match of the 2025-26 Vijay Hazare Trophy season.

Batting at number three and arriving to the crease at 57-1 in 8.2 overs after the fall of his brother and Mumbai opener Musheer Khan, Sarfaraz demonstrated his early intent by smearing three fours and three huge sixes in the tenth over of the innings against Abhishek Sharma, thus taking apart the Punjab skipper with a huge 30-run over.

Sarfaraz Khan charts India’s fastest List A fifty

Marking the fastest-ever half-century by any Indian batter in List A cricket, Sarfaraz Khan blasted 62 runs in all from 20 balls with seven boundaries and five huge sixes. He broke the previous record set by Maharashtra’s Abhijit Kale (1995) and Baroda’s Atit Sheth (2021), who both recorded their respective half-centuries in 16 deliveries each.

However, in spite of Sarfaraz’s raging efforts, the Abhishek Sharma-led Punjab team held its nerves to secure a thrilling one-run win. Fast bowler Gurnoor Brar and leg-spinner Mayank Markande both picked up four wickets each in the run-chase, as Mumbai lost their final five wickets for just five runs to succumb to 215 all out in 26.2 overs (from 210-5 at one stage in a chase of 216) to record a monumental choke.