IND vs ENG: India's second biggest win in terms of runs, Abhishek Sharma's record innings, series won 4-1..


India defeated England by 150 runs in the fifth T20 match to register its second-biggest win in T20 international cricket. Earlier, Team India defeated New Zealand by 168 runs in the year 2023. In this match played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday, the Indian team scored 247 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs thanks to Abhishek Sharma's aggressive century. In reply, the England team could score only 97 runs in 10.3 overs and was all out. In this way, Suryakumar Yadav's team defeated England and won the series 4-1.

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No batsman performed well except Phil Salt.
The English team, which came out to chase the target, did not have a great start. Ben Duckett was caught by Mohammed Shami on the first ball of the third over of the innings. He returned to the pavilion without opening the account. In this match, no batsman other than Phil Salt could last long for England. He completed his half-century in just 22 balls. He returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 55 runs while nine batsmen could not even touch the double-digit mark. For India, Mohammed Shami took three wickets while Varun Chakraborty, Shivam Dubey, and Abhishek Sharma got two wickets each. At the same time, Ravi Bishnoi was a success.

Abhishek Sharma had a blast.

Team India, who came to bat first after losing the toss, had a good start. Sanju Samson made his team's intentions clear by hitting a six off the very first ball. But he could not spend much time on the wicket and returned to the pavilion after scoring 16 runs. After this, Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Verma took over the front. There was a partnership of 115 runs in 43 balls for the second wicket between the two, which was broken by Brydon Carse. He made Tilak his victim. He returned after scoring 24 runs. In this match, left-handed batsman Abhishek Sharma showed a one-man show and scored 135 runs in 54 balls. During this, seven fours and 13 sixes came off his bat. Apart from him, Suryakumar Yadav scored two, Shivam Dubey scored 30, Hardik Pandya scored nine, Rinku Singh scored nine, and Axar Patel scored 15 runs. At the same time, Ravi Bishnoi and Mohammad Shami* could not even open the account. For England, Brydon Carse took three wickets and Mark Wood took two wickets. Apart from this, Archer, Overton, and Adil Rashid had one success each.

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India completed 100 runs at the fastest pace.
With the help of Abhishek's explosive innings, the Indian team completed 100 runs in just 6.3 overs, which is the least number of balls it has completed 100 runs in a T20 match. Earlier, the team had completed 100 runs in 7.1 overs against Bangladesh in Hyderabad in October last year. At the same time, India scored 95 runs for one wicket in the first six overs in the fifth T20 match against England, which is its highest score in the powerplay in T20. The team had earlier scored 82 for two in the powerplay against Scotland in 2021, which was its highest score during this period, but Abhishek's blazing innings broke all previous records.

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