The opening batter Abhishek Sharma recorded India’s second-fastest century during the fifth T20I match against England. The fastest century for India record belongs to Rohit Sharma who scored a ton off 35 balls against Sri Lanka in 2017.
Abhishek Sharma played aggressively during the final T20I of England’s tour of India 2025, giving the hosts a solid start after the visitors chose to bowl. He scored his century in 37 balls to upset England’s bowlers.
He also recorded the highest T20I score for any batter, surpassing Shubman Gill‘s 126-run knock against New Zealand in 2023. Abhishek Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring 135 runs off 54 deliveries.
End of an explosive 135-run knock from Abhishek Sharma 👏👏
He finishes with 1⃣3⃣ sixes – the most ever for an Indian batter in T20Is in Men’s Cricket 🙌
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Earlier the second fastest T20I century belonged to Sanju Samson who had scored 100 runs off 40 balls against Bangladesh at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
He also surpassed also smashed the second fastest fifty in T20Is for any Indian player. He surpassed KL Rahul who scored 50 runs off 18 balls against Scotland in Dubai.
The fastest T20I fifty for an Indian player belongs to Yuvraj Singh who scored 50 off just 12 balls in the inaugural T20 World Cup against England. The record belongs to Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee, who scored 50 off 9 balls.
Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson and Axar Patel are the other scorers for the Men in Blues in Wankhede. India scored 247 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs which is their highest total against England in T20Is.
Brydon Carse picked three wickets while Mark Wood had two scalps. However, Jofra Archer, Jamie Overton and Adil Rashid had one wicket each.
Earlier India secured 3-1 win in the ongoing five match T20I series and will be aiming to continue winning momentum in the format.
