What a night for Indian cricket! In the T20 World Cup 2026 Super-8 showdown at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium, India batted first and bludgeoned 17 sixes – their most in a single T20 WC innings – en route to 256/4 against Zimbabwe.
Openers Sanju Samson (24) and Abhishek Sharma sparked 48 in 3.4 overs. Abhishek then meshed with Ishan Kishan for 72 off 42 balls, reaching 120. Kishan’s 38 (24 balls, five hits to fence) paved way for Abhishek’s 55 (30 balls, four sixes, four fours).
From 172/4 at 14.5 overs, Hardik Pandya (50* off 23, six boundaries) and Tilak Varma (44* off 16, four sixes, three fours) forged an 84-run blitz in 31 balls. Power contributors: four sixes each by Abhishek, Hardik, Tilak; two by Suryakumar Yadav, Samson; one by Kishan.
Beating the 15-six mark vs Australia (2024), India joins elite company behind West Indies/Netherlands (19) and Australia (16). Zimbabwe’s Ngarava, Muzarabani, Maposa, Raza snared one scalp each.
This pyrotechnic innings reaffirms India’s supremacy in the shortest format, blending youth and experience for a score that redefines T20 benchmarks.