IND VS ENG: In the first T20 against England, left-handed opener Abhishek Sharma once again created a storm with his bat. Chasing the target of 133 runs, the 24-year-old played a brilliant inning of 79 runs off 34 balls, hitting 5 fours and 8 sky-high sixes. Meanwhile, his strike rate was 232.35. Meanwhile, Abhishek completed his half-century in just 20 balls. With his Fifty, Abhishek has entered Guru Yuvraj Singh’s club.

Second Indian to score the fastest half century

Abhishek Sharma has become the second Indian to score the fastest half-century in T20I against England. At number one is his mentor Yuvraj Singh, who achieved this feat in 12 balls against the English team in the 2007 T20 World Cup. Meanwhile, Yuvraj hit 6 consecutive sixes on 6 balls of Stuart Broad.

At the same time, Abhishek Sharma has also managed to make his place in the list of top-10 batsmen who have scored the fastest half-century for India.

Fastest half century for India in T20

Yuvraj Singh- 12 balls vs England

KL Rahul- 18 balls vs Scotland

Suryakumar Yadav- 18 balls vs South Africa

Gautam Gambhir- 19 balls vs Sri Lanka

Rohit Sharma- 19 balls vs Sri Lanka

Yuvraj Singh- 20 balls vs Australia

Yuvraj Singh- 20 balls vs Sri Lanka

Akshar Patel- 20 balls vs Sri Lanka

Abhishek Sharma- 20 balls vs England

Virat Kohli- 21 balls vs West Indies

 

Team India won by 7 wickets

The first T20 match between India and England was played at the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata. Team India has won this match by 7 wickets. India won the toss and decided to bowl first. After this, the England team was all out in 20 overs against the Indian team and could only give a modest target of 133 runs. India achieved the target in just 12.5 overs.

Rahul Dev

Cricket Jounralist at Newsdesk

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