Abhishek Sharma's record T20I century completes a sustained statistical outlier, not an isolated explosion

Abhishek Sharma's 30-ball century against Afghanistan in the third T20I was the fastest hundred by a batter from a Full Member nation. Across 58 T20I innings he has scored 1,858 runs at an average of 33.18 and a strike rate of 194.55. Among batters with more than 500 runs, his strike rate of 195 is the highest, and he has hit a six every 7.58 balls. India have won 39 of 53 T20Is in which he has remained unbeaten.