Abhishek Sharma broke a Virat Kohli document along with his 54-ball 135© BCCI/Sportzpics
India batter Abhishek Sharma registered his identify in historical past books with an impressive 54-ball 135 within the fifth and ultimate T20I of the sequence towards England on Sunday. The left-handed opening batter has all the time proven the intent of taking part in such extraordinary innings and he executed it to perfection at Wankhede this time. As Abhishek’s inspiring knock helped India safe a whopping 150-run victory towards Jos Buttler-led vacationers, the younger opener went on to interrupt a number of data. One of many greatest data that Abhishek broke, courtesy of his century towards England, was Virat Kohli’s milestone of scoring essentially the most variety of runs in a T20I sequence towards England for India.
Abhishek completed the T20I sequence with 279 runs underneath his belt in 5 matches. With this determine, he left Virat Kohli behind and claimed the No. 1 spot by way of batters scoring essentially the most runs in a bilateral T20I sequence performed between India and England.
Kohli had scored 231 towards England in 2021 in what was additionally a 5-match sequence. As for the general document, Tilak Varma holds the No. 1 spot on the subject of the record of batters for essentially the most variety of runs in a T20I sequence — towards any opponent. He had hit 280 runs in simply 4 innings towards South Africa final 12 months.
Most runs in a T20I sequence for India:
280 – Tilak Varma (4 Inns) vs South Africa, 2024
279 – Abhishek Sharma (5 Inns) vs England, 2025
231 – Virat Kohli (5 Inns) vs England, 2021
224 – KL Rahul (5 Inns) vs New Zealand, 2020
Abhishek smashed a document 13 sixes — most by any Indian batter ever in a T20 worldwide — within the fifth T20I whereas additionally smashing seven fours to pin England bowlers on the iconic Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.
“You possibly can ask any participant, such matches are only a few (and much between). I’d say it was all doable due to the efforts I put within the apply, the backing I obtained from the coaches and the captain once I was not getting the runs or not bowling properly,” Abhishek mentioned within the post-match press convention.
“All these items calculate (work out properly) on the finish and I had the idea that on my day, I’ll play an innings like this,” he mentioned after the match.
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