Indian team's young opener Abhishek Sharma surprised England's bowlers with his stormy innings. Abhishek played a stormy innings at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium and set a flurry of records. Abhishek scored 135 runs in 54 balls with the help of seven fours and 13 sixes, with the help of which India scored a huge score of 247 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs.

India made its fourth-highest score in T20.

England captain Jos Buttler won the toss in this match and decided to bowl first, but his decision seems to be backfiring because the Indian team has given England a target of 248 runs based on Abhishek Sharma's brilliant innings. This is India's fourth-highest total in T20. India's highest score in this format is 297 runs for six wickets made against Bangladesh in Hyderabad last year. Looking at the way Abhishek was playing in the fifth T20 against England, it seemed that the team could score 300 runs in T20 today. However, this was not possible due to the continuous fall of wickets at the other end. However, the team once again managed to show its dominance in the T20.

India's highest total in T20

Score vs Venue Year

297/6 Bangladesh Hyderabad 2024

283/1 South Africa Joburg 2024

260/5 Sri Lanka Indore 2017

247/9 England Wankhede 2025

Abhishek surpassed Gill

Abhishek surpassed Shubman Gill with the help of his strong innings. Abhishek has become the highest individual run-scorer for India in T20 Internationals. Gill scored an unbeaten 126 against New Zealand in 2023, but Abhishek has overtaken him with 135 runs. Rituraj Gaikwad is in third place on this list and scored an unbeaten 123 against Australia in 2023. At the same time, Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 122 against Afghanistan in 2022 and is the fourth-highest T20 run scorer for India. Rohit Sharma is at number five on this list with an unbeaten 121.

Abhishek became the batsman to hit the most sixes for India in T20.

Abhishek hit a total of 13 sixes in the fifth T20 match against England and has become the batsman to hit the most sixes for India in an innings in this format. Before Abhishek, Rohit Sharma, Sanju Samson, and Tilak Verma have hit 10-10 sixes in an innings of T20 International. Rohit hit 10 sixes against Sri Lanka in 2017, while Samson and Tilak hit 10-10 sixes in a T20 match against South Africa last year.

A line of giants at Wankhede

The final match of the five-match T20 series is being played between India and England today. There is a line of giants in this match being played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. From Mukesh Ambani to former UK PM Rishi Sunak, everyone has reached the stadium to watch the match. During this, Bollywood's great actor Amitabh Bachchan was also seen with his son and film star Abhishek Bachchan. Film actor Aamir Khan has also arrived to enjoy this match. Abhishek Sharma's one-man show was seen in front of these giants.

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