IND v ENG: England collapsed for 97 runs, India won the series 4-1 with the second biggest win.
IND v ENG: The Indian team created history by defeating England badly in the 5th T20I at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Team India registered its biggest win against England.
Ankush Pandey
HighLights
- IND vs ENG: Abhishek Sharma scored a century in Mumbai
- IND vs ENG: Abhishek created history by scoring a stormy century
- IND vs ENG: England's condition worsened
IND vs ENG: India did a great feat by crushing England badly in the last and 5th T20I match played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Batting first, Team India scored a huge score of 247 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs on the basis of Abhishek Sharma's stormy century. In response, the entire England team collapsed for just 97 runs. In this way, India won the 5-match T20I series 4-1 by registering a win against England by 150 runs. This is Team India's second biggest win in terms of runs in T20I cricket. At the same time, this is Team India's biggest win against England.
Indian opener Abhishek Sharma played a brilliant innings of 135 runs in 54 balls. He hit 7 fours and 13 sixes in his innings. Shivam Dubey contributed 30 runs in 13 balls. Brydon Carse took 3 wickets for England. In response to India's huge score, except England opener Philip Salt, no other English batsman took the trouble to stay on the crease. Philip Salt scored 55 runs in 23 balls. Jacob Bethell could score only 10 runs. Apart from these two, no one could touch the double digit mark.
India's biggest T20I wins
- 168 runs vs New Zealand (Captain: Hardik)
- 150 runs vs England (Captain: Surya)*
- 143 runs vs Ireland (Captain: Kohli)
- 135 runs vs South Africa (Captain: Surya)
- 133 runs vs Bangladesh (Captain: Surya)
- 106 runs vs South Africa (Captain: Surya)
India had made a great start by winning the first two matches in the 5 match T20I series but England kept themselves in the series by winning the third match. After this, Team India won the fourth match in Rosecote and captured the series. Team India maintained its dominance in the last match as well and won the 5 match series 4-1. Now both the teams will clash in the 3 match ODI series before the start of the Champions Trophy, which will be held in Nagpur from February 6.
Such has been the performance
Abhishek started this series strongly. He scored 79 runs in the first T20 match played in Kolkata. After this, his bat flopped in the next three matches. Only 12, 24 and 29 runs came from his bat. In the last match, Abhishek again showed his strength. Abhishek started the series in a stormy manner and ended it in the same manner.
Abhishek also took two wickets in the last T20 match. With this, he has also become the first Indian player to score a century and take wickets in a T20 match.
