Auckland, Oct. 29 -- Indian opener Abhishek Sharma stands just 49 runs away from getting past KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya to become country's fourth-highest run-getter in T20Is.

Abhishek has a chance to solidify as one of India's all-time T20I greats during the fourth T20I against New Zealand at Auckland on Friday. Having smashed a 38-ball 113 during the third T20I while chasing 199, Abhishek has already established a huge record of having the most T20 centuries by an Indian (11), surpassing legendary Virat Kohli. Now, during the Auckland T20I, Abhishek gets a chance to climb up the run charts.

In 70 T20Is, Abhishek has scored 2,240 runs in 69 innings at an average of 33.43 and a strike rate of 196.83, with four centuries and 14 fifties,...