In the fifth and final match of the 5-match Twenty20 series between India and England, India managed to win by 150 runs yesterday (02) with Abhishek Sharma's excellent batting.
Accordingly, India won the 5-match Twenty20 series 4-1.
After winning the toss in the fifth Twenty20 match at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, England captain Josh Buttler invited India to bat first.Accordingly, Sanju Samson got out after scoring 16 runs as the first wicket of the Indian team that came to the field. After that, Abhishek Sharma managed to take a successful partnership of 115 runs in 43 balls for the second wicket with Tilak Verma who came to the field. Abhishek Sharma scored a half century in 17 balls.It is the second fastest fifty by an Indian batsman. The fastest fifty by an Indian batsman is Yuvraj Singh's fifty against England in 12 balls.
Abhishek Sharma's 54-ball 135 is the highest individual score by an Indian batsman in T20I, surpassing Shubman Gill's 126 against New Zealand.Abhishek's century came in 37 balls and is the second fastest century by an Indian. The fastest century is Rohit Sharma's century against Sri Lanka in 35 balls. Abhishek managed to hit 13 sixes. It is the most number of sixes hit by an Indian player in T20I.
India scored 95/1 in the first 6 overs. It was India's highest score in the power play. India's score of 82/2 against Scotland in 2021 is an overachievement. At the end of 20 overs, India managed to score a huge score of 247 runs by losing 9 wickets.That number of runs is the 4th highest number of runs scored by India in T20 internationals. It was possible to pass the 297 runs scored against Bangladesh last year, but due to the fall of wickets in India, it was not possible to pass that number of runs.Abhishek Sharma scored 135 runs, Thilak Verma scored 24 runs and Shivam Dubey scored 30 runs for India. Bryden Carrs took 3 wickets and Mark Wood took 2 wickets for England.
Coming to the field to achieve a huge target of 248 runs for victory, England managed to score only 97 runs in 10.3 balls. Philip Salt scored 55 runs as the highest score for England.Mohammad Sami took 3 wickets and Varun Chakraborty, Shivam Dubey and Abhishek Sharma took 2 wickets each for India.
Varun Chakraborty got the Man of the Tournament award and Abhishek Sharma got the Man of the Match award.The 3-match ODI series is scheduled to begin on February 6.
