Abhishek Sharma was the chief destroyer, since India registered his second largest victory in T20i.© BCCI
The Indian Cricket team wrote the story on Sunday after beating England for 150 races in the fifth and final T20i in Mumbai. Abhishek Sharma was the destroyer in chief when India broke his highest score in the power game in the format, 95 races with the loss of a wickt. The limits flowed completely in the park, thanks to an excellent Abhishek batting when it reached its fifty in just 17 balls. At the end of PowerPlay, the left -hander reached the score of 58 of only 21 balls.
The highest scores in India in T20i PowerPlay –
95/1 vs England in Mumbai in 2025
82/2 vs Scotland in Dubai in 2021
82/1 vs Bangladesh in Hyderabad in 2024
78/2 vs South Africa in Johannesburg in 2018
Abhishek failed to match Rohit Sharma’s record of being the fastest Indian to score a T20I ton for only two balls. Rohit had reached a 35th century of 35 balls for India against Sri Lanka in 2017.
Abhishek also scored a half century of 17 balls, which was the second fastest for an Indian, when he hit Jamie Overton for a huge six in the fifth.
He also shared an association of 115 second wickt races with Tilak Varma (24).
He was asked to beat first, a fired abhishek unleashed seven limits and 13 six on the road to 135 (54 balls) while scoring the second century faster for an Indian batter of 37 balls to help the hosts A AMAse 247 by 9 .
Indian players Mohammed Shami (3/25), Varun Chakravarth (25/25), Shivam Dube (2/11) and Abhishek Sharma (2/3) Then they stifled the batters of England, managing to rule them out by 97 races with 9.3 overs to spare.
Brief scores: India 247 for 9 in 20 overs (Abhishek Sharma 135, Tilak Varma 24, Shivam Dube 30; Brydon Crse 3/38, Mark Wood 2/32).
England 97 All in 10.3 overs (Phil Salt 55; Mohammed Shami 3/25, Varun Chakravarthy 2/25, Shivam Dube 2/11, Abhishek Sharma 2/3).
(With PTI inputs)
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