In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match against Bengal, Punjab batsman Abhishek Sharma played a knock of 148 runs off just 52 deliveries. His knock was laced with eight boundaries and 16 maximums

The left-hander achieved the half-century in just 12 balls. With this, he is now the joint-third-fastest overall and joint-second-fastest Indian player to register a half-century in the men`s T20 cricket

In terms of sixes struck in a T20 innings by an Indian, Abhishek is now placed second in the list behind Punit Bisht (17), who got it in a domestic game against Mizoram

Abhishek smashed five fours and as many sixes to get to his fifty, playing only one dot ball in the 12 balls he had faced to get to the mark. With this effort, the 25-year-old cricketer also broke his own record for most T20 sixes in a calendar year

Riding on his knock, Punjab reached the score of 310 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs. With this, the side registered the second-highest total in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, behind Baroda`s 349 for five against Sikkim in Indore