India National Cricket Team batter Abhishek Sharma was the shining light for his team in the fifth T20I against the England National Cricket Team. Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai hosted the last game of the five-match T20I series.
Abhishek Sharma set the stage on fire in the last game of the series as he was all over the England National Cricket Team bowlers. The opening batter was at his hitting best as the only thing that was focused on was hitting massive sixes all over the park.
Abhishek Sharma slammed a 17-ball half-century
Abhishek started a bit slow as he allowed Sanju Samson to take the attack. However, once the keeper-batter was back in the hut, it was all about Abhishek’s brilliance with the bat as he hardly put a foot wrong in his innings and was at his brutal best.
Abhishek made a mockery of the England National Cricket Team bowlers and slammed them all over the park. He hardly put a foot wrong in his innings as he displayed an exhibition of high-class power-hitting show to make many stand and applaud him at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Abhishek slammed a 17-ball half-century, which is the second-fastest fifty for the India National Cricket Team in T20Is. After that, he didn’t look back and played some magnificent shots and went on to hit a brutal century to put the India National Cricket Team at the top.
Abhishek Sharma ends with an innings of 135 runs off 54 balls, slams highest individual score for India
Abhishek ended with an innings of 135 runs off 54 balls. He hit his century in just 37 balls, which is the second fastest for the India National Cricket Team in T20Is. Rohit Sharma sits at the top with his 35-ball century against Sri Lanka National Cricket Team.
The opening batter batted with a strike rate of 250 and slammed 7 fours and 13 sixes in his innings. This is also the highest individual score by India National Cricket Team batter in the T20Is as India posted a massive total of 247 runs on the board.
Abhishek Sharma shatters multiple records after his century
Not only this, Abhishek also contributed with the ball and picked two wickets. The India National Cricket Team all-rounder returned with the figures of 2/3 as the hosts bundled out England for just 97 runs to win the game by a massive margin of 150 runs.
After his heroics with the bat and ball, Abhishek Sharma broke quite a few records. He became the first player to score a century and pick wickets for the India National Cricket Team in the same T20I match.
Most times Scoring Century & Picking Wicket for India in:
TEST match – Sachin Tendulkar (10 times)
ODI match – Sachin Tendulkar (8 times)
T20I match -Abhishek Sharma (1 time)*
Abhishek also achieved various milestones. Apart from registering the highest-ever score for India and slamming the second-fastest half-century and century, he hit the most sixes in innings.
MILESTONES FOR ABHISHEK SHARMA IN MUMBAI T20I:
– Highest Ever score for India.
– Most Sixes in an innings for India.
– 2nd Fastest fifty for India.
– 2nd Fastest Hundred for India.
– Most runs in Powerplay.
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