
Abhishek Sharma hit second fastest century for India (Image Credit:- X)
Abhishek Sharma (135 runs from 54 balls) blistering innings gives India 150 run win against England in fifth and final T20I at Wankhede stadium , Mumbai. India bowled out England for 97 after setting them mammoth target of 248.
With this win India won the 5 match T20I series 4-1.
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Batted first , once again India lost Sanju Samson (16 runs from 7 balls) early. Abhishek Sharma who hit second fastest century for India took the scoring at a very rapid pace. His innings helped India to reach 247/9 in 20 overs.
Shivam Dube (30 runs from 13 balls) , Tilak Varma (24 runs from 15 balls) and Axar Patel (15 runs from 11 balls) also given useful contribution to the side.
Brydon Carse (3/38 in 4 overs) , Mark Wood (2/32 in 4 overs) , Adil Rashid (1/41 in 3 overs) , Jamie Overton (1/48 in 3 overs) and Jofra Archer (1/55 in 4 overs) are the wicket takers for England.
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Chasing the record target of 248 England lost wickets at quick succession and bowled out for 97 in just 10.3 overs. Except Phil Salt (55 runs from 23 balls) no English batter finds the momentum with the bat in chase.
Mohammed Shami (3/25 in 2.3 overs) , Abhishek Sharma (2/3 in 1 over) , Shivam Dube (2/11 in 2 overs) , Varun Chakravarthy (2/25 in 2 overs) and Ravi Bishnoi (1/9 in 1 over) are the wicket takers for India.
Player of the Match:- Abhishek Sharma (135 (54) & 2/3)
Player of the Series:- Varun Chakravarthy (14 wickets)
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