Abhishek Sharma 135 helps India seal biggest T20I win over England, bag series 4-1

Abhishek Sharma helped India win the T20I series 4-1 against England after a dominating 150-run victory in the fifth match on Sunday, February 2 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Abhishek’s record-breaking spree guided India through to their biggest win against England in Men’s T20Is by margin of runs. 13 years ago, India had beaten the Three Lions by 90 runs back in 2012 in the Men’s T20 World Cup match at the RPS in Colombo.

After being asked to bat first, Abhishek went hell for leather and did not let the English bowlers settle down at any stage of the Indian innings. Sanju Samson set the tone, taking 16 runs off Jofra Archer’s first over, and although he got out soon, he had laid the platform for Abhishek to take off. Abhishek got to his half-century off 17 balls as India mustered



95 for one in the powerplay.

From there on, Abhishek and Tilak Varma built a partnership of 115 runs for the second wicket. Tilak lent Abhishek support with a 24-run knock before Brydon Carse accounted for his wicket. Carse was the pick of the bowlers for England with figures of 4-0-38-3, but his efforts could not stop the Indian batters from making hay as the hosts finished at 247 for nine in 20 overs.

Abhishek hammered seven fours and 13 sixes on his way to scoring 135 off 54 balls. Shivam Dube, who recovered from his concussion in the Pune T20I, threw his bat around for a vital 30-run knock off 13 balls. Although India lost a few wickets in the death overs, they never really lost any momentum. Mark Wood, who replaced Saqib Mahmood, finished with figures of 4-0-32-2.