IND Vs Eng, 5th T20I: India gives England the same goal due to Abhishek Sharma's century

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Tezzbuzz|03-02-2025

Delhi: The fifth and last match of the five matches of five matches between India and England is being played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai today. In this match, England won the toss and the decision to bowl first. Currently, in the current series, Team India remains with a 3–1 Ajay lead.

India, batting first, have scored a score of 247 runs by losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. During this, Abhishek Sharma scored a brilliant century.

This match has become formal, as India has already won the series 3–1. Abhishek Sharma batted brilliantly and completed a century in just 37 balls. India also made many records in their names on the basis of his banging innings.

After losing the toss, the Indian team came out to bat in the second over as Sanju Samson. Samson scored 16 runs in 7 balls and was dismissed. Subsequently, Abhishek Sharma shared a century partnership with Tilak Verma. Both added 115 runs for the team, with Abhishek 89 runs and Tilak scored 24 runs.

Abhishek's bat was not taking the name of stopping even after Tilak was dismissed. The wickets continued to fall from one end, but there was no decrease in Abhishek's batting. Finally, he scored 135 runs in 54 balls with the help of 13 sixes and 7 fours, and caught by Bradon Cars. His wicket fell in the 18th over. After this, India could only score 10 runs and lost two wickets.

For a long time it seemed that India could reach 300 runs, but after 10 overs, the pace of scoring runs slowed down, due to which the team could not even cross the 250 mark. However, England has a huge goal, which their batsmen will have to put their full emphasis to achieve. Mohammed Shami has a great chance to bother English batsmen with his bowling.

Teams:

India (playing XI): Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty.

England (playing XI): Philip Salt (wicket -keeper), Ben Docket, Jose Butler (Captain), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethle, Bridan Cars, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.

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