Mumbai: Although it was a dead rubber when India met England in the fifth T20I of the bilateral series, Abhishek Sharma added thrill and entertainment for the spectators with his blitzkrieg of 135 runs from just 54 balls. He registered the highest individual T20I score by an Indian and put all the English bowlers to the sword.
Highest Individual Score
Abhishek surpassed the previous record of Shubman Gill who had played a knock of 126 runs against New Zealand in Ahmedabad. Abhishek’s knock was laced with 13 fours and seven sixes and it drew applause from the crowd.
Highest individual scores for India in T20Is
- 135 Abhishek Sharma vs Eng Wankhede 2025
- 126* Shubman Gill vs NZ Ahmedabad 2023
- 123* Ruturaj Gaikwad vs Aus Guwahati 2023
- 122* Virat Kohli vs Afg Dubai 2022
- 121* Rohit Sharma vs Afg Bengaluru 2024
Most sixes for India
During his six-hitting frenzy at Wankhede, Abhishek smacked the ball beyond the boundary rope on 13 occasions. With his aerial shots, the left-handed batter became the Indian batter with the most sixes in a T20I innings. Previously, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma and Sanju Samson were the joint leaders with 10 sixes in a T20I innings.