India's Abhishek Sharma struck the fastest T20I hundred by a batter from a Test-playing nation with a 30-ball effort against Afghanistan in Delhi.
Abhishek, who slammed 11 sixes and nine fours in his 108 from 34 deliveries, eclipsed the 33-ball centuries of New Zealand's Finn Allen and Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza.
Allen's ton came against South Africa in the T20 World Cup semi-final in Kolkata earlier this year, with Raza's hundred hit against Gambia in Nairobi in October 2024.
Having trumped Allen, Abhishek's hundred is also the quickest in a T20 international between two Test-playing countries.
The fastest men's T20I hundred was scored off 27 balls by Estonia's Sahil Chauhan, against Cyprus in 2024, with Muhammad Fahad doing so from 29 balls for Turkey against Bulgaria a year later, leaving Abhishek third on the overall list.
The quickest hundred in women's T20 internationals was scored by West Indies' Deandra Dottin - a 38-ball effort versus South Africa in St Kitts during the 2010 World Cup.
Abhishek, whose innings on Thursday powered India to 221-7 before Afghanistan folded to 94 all out in reply to suffer a 3-0 series defeat, now has three T20 international tons, the third-most by an Indian after Rohit Sharma (5) and Suryakumar Yadav (4).
Rohit had hit India's previous fastest T20I century, from 35 balls against Sri Lanka in Indore in 2017.
Abhishek has notched an even speedier hundred in domestic T20 cricket, off 28 balls for Punjab against Meghalaya in 2024.
In Afghanistan's failed run chase in this final T20, Abhishek took a catch at deep midwicket.to remove Sediq Atal on the slog sweep.
Nitish Kumar Reddy bagged three wickets in the 12th over as India rolled their opponents in 14.1 overs for a 127-run victory and a series sweep.
