Abhishek Sharma on Thursday slammed the fastest T20 International century by an Indian batter off only 30 balls during the third and final match against Afghanistan here.The left-handed opener clobbered 10 sixes and nine fours in a whirlwind knock to break former captain Rohit Sharma’s record of scoring the fastest T20I century, which he had recorded against Sri Lanka in December 2017.Abhishek’s century was also the fastest for any batter against a Test playing nation. He brought up his hundred with a single in the ninth over of the Indian innings.The innings was Abhishek’s third century in the shortest format to go with 12 half-centuries.Earlier, Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran won the toss and elected to field.India made one change, bringing in pacer Yash Thakur for Arshdeep Singh. India stuck to the opening combination of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma, and it meant that Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will not get a game in this series.Teams: India: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah.Afghanistan: Ibrahim Zadran (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sediqullah Atal, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Darwish Rasooli, Noor ul Rahman, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi.


