India, Sept. 17 -- Abhishek Sharma on Thursday went past former skipper Rohit Sharma, slamming 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 Rohit's record -- a 35-ball century which he made against Sri Lanka in December 2017.

Scoring at a whopping strike-rate of 317.64, Abhishek eventually fell for 108 off 34 balls with a total of 11 sixes and nine fours.

Abhishek's century was also the fastest for any batter against a Test playing nation, and he brought up his hundred with a single in the ninth over of the Indian innings.

With a 30-ball hundred, Abhishek's kno...