Delhi: India started the five-match T20I series against England with a win. While the bowlers played an important role in this victory, opener Abhishek Sharma made the victory easy with his half-century. He also made special records in his innings.
Abhishek Sharma’s stormy innings
While chasing the target of 133 runs, Abhishek Sharma played an excellent inning of 79 runs in 34 balls. He completed the second half-century of his T20I career in just 20 balls. This half-century was special, because it was the second fastest half-century scored by an Indian batsman in T20I against England.
Touched Yuvraj’s record closely
Abhishek Sharma has moved himself to second place in the list of fastest half-centuries in T20I against England. Earlier, in the 2007 T20 World Cup, Yuvraj Singh had scored a half-century in just 12 balls against England. At the same time, KL Rahul is at third place in this list, who completed his half-century in 27 balls against England in 2018.
🚨 ABHISHEK SHARMA CREATED HISTORY 🚨
– Abhishek Sharma hits Most Sixes for India in an innings against England in T20I History. pic.twitter.com/y3wr2dFmXQ
— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh) January 22, 2025
Fastest half-century (in balls) in T20Is against England:
12 balls – Yuvraj Singh, Durban 2007
20 balls – Abhishek Sharma, Kolkata 2025
27 balls – KL Rahul, Manchester 2018
Most sixes in an innings
Abhishek Sharma hit 8 sixes during his innings in the T20I against England. With this, he has become the player to hit the most sixes in an innings against England. Before him, this record was in the name of Yuvraj Singh, who had hit 7 sixes against England in the 2007 World Cup and in the same match, he also hit 6 sixes in 6 balls. Were rooted. But, now Abhishek has made this record in his name.
India’s strong victory
In this match, India decided to bowl first. England’s batsmen could not last long in front of the Indian spinners. England captain Jos Buttler gave the team some hope by scoring 68 runs, but other batsmen could not even reach double figures. India’s bowlers performed brilliantly, with Varun Chakraborty taking three wickets, and Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh taking two wickets each. Chasing the target, India won by losing three wickets in 12.5 overs.
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