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IND vs ENG: Abhishek Sharma's all-round storm blows away England in fifth T20I, India wins series by 4-1

Star in-form opener Abhishek Sharma smashed a swashbuckling century to register his name in the history books. The young Southpaw scored 135 runs off just 54 balls, with seven fours and 13 sixes.

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India beat England by 4-1 T20I series with massive 150-run win in 5th T20I (File Photo: X)

India beat England by 4-1 T20I series with massive 150-run win in 5th T20I (File Photo: X)

Abhishek Sharma’s ‘all-round’ show happened to be one of the biggest headlines as India crushed England by a massive 150-run margin in the fifth and last T20I of the five-match series. The men in blue claimed the five-match series by a comprehensive margin of 4-1. Notably, it was another success in a bilateral T20I series for the defending World T20 Champions since they won the T20 World Cup 2024 last year.

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Speaking of the game, the visiting skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and asked India to bat first. Batting first, the hosts posted a massive total of 247 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

Star in-form opener Abhishek Sharma smashed a swashbuckling century to register his name in the history books. The young Southpaw scored 135 runs off just 54 balls, with seven fours and 13 sixes. He also smashed the third-fastest T20I century and the second-fastest T20I century for India in the shortest format of the game.

Besides Abhishek, Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube also played the crucial knocks of 24 and 30 runs off just 15 and 13 balls, respectively. On the back of these knocks, the men in blue managed to post a big total of 247 runs in 20 overs, losing their 9 wickets. Brydon Carse scalped 3 wickets for England, alongside 2 wickets bagged by Mark Wood.

Apart from Wood and Carse, Jofra Archer, Jamie Overton, Liam Livingstone, and Adil Rashid also picked up a wicket each for the tourists in the first innings.

Indian bowlers outmuscle tourists’ batting lineup

While chasing the target, the England batters completely surrendered against the Indian bowling attack except for a quick half-century scored by opener Phil Salt [55 runs off just 23 balls, with seven fours and three sixes]. 
Eventually, India bundled out the Three Lions at the double-digit score of just 97 runs in 10.3 overs, with the veteran pacer Mohammed Shami scalping 3 wickets at 25 runs in 2.3 overs. Besides him, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Dube, and the batting star Abhishek Sharma also claimed two wickets each, alongside a wicket picked by Ravi Bishnoi.

India won the game by a hefty margin of 150 runs to win the series by 4-1 and the young Indian batting all-rounder Abhishek Sharma won the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his ‘all-round’ show both with the bat and the ball. 

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