Delhi: India made a great start to the series by registering a spectacular win by 7 wickets in the first T20 match against England. Under the leadership of captain Suryakumar Yadav, the Indian bowlers destroyed England’s batting badly. The England team could score only 132 runs after playing full 20 overs. Jos Buttler played the highest innings of 68 runs.
The hero of Team India’s victory was star opener Abhishek Sharma, who played a explosive inning of 79 runs hitting 5 fours and 8 sixes in 34 balls. He scored the second fastest half-century for India in T20 International cricket against England at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Abhishek achieved this feat in just 20 balls.
Abhishek gave credit for his performance to his gurus. He said, “I am lucky that I met Yuvi Paaji (Yuvraj Singh) at the beginning of my career. Then got the guidance of Brian Lara and now Gautam Gambhir (Gauthi Paaji). All of them advised me to play my natural game.”
Let us tell you that this story of Indian team’s left-handed batsmen thrashing England bowlers in T20I cricket started in 2007 with Yuvraj Singh’s half-century in 12 balls. Abhishek carried forward the same tradition. In this match, out of his 79 runs, 68 runs came from the boundary. He hit five fours and eight sixes at a strike rate of 232.35.
It is noteworthy that the record of fastest half-century in T20I against England is in the name of Yuvraj Singh, which he made in just 12 balls in Durban in 2007. At the same time, KL Rahul scored a half-century in 27 balls in Manchester in 2018. In this match, Abhishek presented a brilliant example of his power-hitting and led the team to victory.
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