MUMBAI: India\u2019s Abhishek Sharma hit a brutal 135 to set up a crushing 150-run win over England in the fifth T20 international and seal the series 4-1 on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Opener Abhishek\u2019s incredible 54-ball knock, laced with 13 sixes, fired India, who clinched the series in the fourth T20, to 247-9 after being invited to bat first at Mumbai\u2019s Wankhede Stadium.<\/p>\n
The tourists were never in the chase despite Phil Salt\u2019s 23-ball 55 as India bowled out the tourists for 97 for their second biggest T20 victory by runs.<\/p>\n
England slipped to 68-4 as skipper Jos Buttler (seven), Harry Brook (two) and Liam Livingstone (nine) all failed to make an impact.<\/p>\n
Shivam Dube, a batting all-rounder who bowls medium pace, removed Salt with the first ball he bowled after he was controversially replaced by fast bowler Harshit Rana as a concussion substitute in the previous match.<\/p>\n
The rest of the England batting fell quickly with Jacob Bethell, who made 10, the only batter to reach double figures other than Salt.<\/p>\n
Abhishek turned up with the ball as well and took two wickets with his left-arm spin in the only over he bowled.<\/p>\n
Spinner Varun Chakravarthy and Dube also took two each.<\/p>\n
Pace bowler Mohammed Shami finished with three wickets as he wrapped up the England innings in 10.3 overs.<\/p>\n
Abhishek dominated a partnership of 115 for the second wicket with Tilak Varma following England\u2019s decision to bowl first.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old raced to his fifty in 17 balls with a six and then reached his second T20 century for India in 37 deliveries. Dube was the next highest scorer with 30.<\/p>\n
Speedster Mark Wood dismissed Hardik Pandya for nine after earlier removing opener Sanju Samson.<\/p>\n
Leg-spinner Adil Rashid had Abhishek caught out in the 18th over as India lost four wickets in the final five overs.<\/p>\n
Fast bowler Brydon Carse took three wickets including Suryakumar Yadav for two, with the Indian captain\u2019s batting woes showing no signs of ending.<\/p>\n
India won the opening two matches before England came back to keep the series alive in the third game.<\/p>\n
India took an unassailable 3-1 lead in the fourth T20 after Rana\u2019s inclusion in place of Dube \u2014 not a like-for-like repla\u00adc\u00adement \u2014 angered England.<\/p>\n
The two teams now head into three One-day Internationals starting Feb 6 in Nagpur.<\/p>\n
The series is a warm-up for the 50-over Champions Trophy starting Feb 19 in Pakistan and Dubai.<\/p>\n
SCOREBOARD<\/p>\n
INDIA:<\/p>\n
S. Samson c Archer b Wood 16<\/p>\n
A. Sharma c Archer b Rashid 135<\/p>\n
T. Varma c Salt b Carse 24<\/p>\n
S. Yadav c Salt b Carse 2<\/p>\n
S. Dube c Rashid b Carse 30<\/p>\n
H. Pandya c Livingstone b Wood 9<\/p>\n
R. Singh lbw Archer 9<\/p>\n
A. Patel run out 15<\/p>\n
M. Shami not out 0<\/p>\n
R. Bishnoi c Carse b Overton 0<\/p>\n
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-3) 7<\/p>\n
TOTAL (for nine wickets, 20 overs) 247<\/p>\n
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-21 (Samson), 2-136 (Varma), 3-145 (Yadav), 4-182 (Dube), 5-193 (Pandya), 6-202 (Singh), 7-237 (Sharma), 8-247 (Patel), 9-247 (Bishnoi)<\/p>\n
DID NOT BAT: V. Chakravarthy<\/p>\n
BOWLING: Archer 4-0-55-1, Wood 4-0-32-2, Overton 3-0-48-1, Livingstone 2-0-29-0, Rashid 3-0-41-1 (2w), Carse 4-0-38-3 (1w)<\/p>\n
ENGLAND:<\/p>\n
P. Salt c (Sub) b Dube 55<\/p>\n
B. Duckett c Sharma b Shami 0<\/p>\n
J. Buttler c Varma b Chakaravarthy 7<\/p>\n
H. Brook c Chakaravarthy b Bishnoi 2<\/p>\n
L. Livingstone c Singh b Chakaravarthy 9<\/p>\n
J. Bethell b Dube 10<\/p>\n
B. Carse c Chakaravarthy b Sharma 3<\/p>\n
J. Overton c Yadav b Sharma 1<\/p>\n
J. Archer not out 1<\/p>\n
A. Rashid c (Sub) b Shami 6<\/p>\n
M. Wood c (Sub) b Shami 0<\/p>\n
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-2) 3<\/p>\n
TOTAL (all out, 10.3 overs) 97<\/p>\n
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-23 (Duckett), 2-48 (Buttler), 3-59 (Brook), 4-68 (Livingstone), 5-82 (Salt), 6-87 (Carse), 7-90 (Overton), 8-90 (Bethell), 9-97 (Rashid)<\/p>\n
BOWLING: Shami 2.3-0-25-3, Pandya 2-0-23-0 (1w), Chakaravarthy 2-0-25-2, Bishnoi 1-0-9-1, Dube 2-0-11-2, Sharma 1-0-3-2 (1w)<\/p>\n
RESULT: India won by 150 runs.<\/p>\n
PLAYER-OF-THE-MATCH: Abhishek Sharma<\/p>\n
SERIES: India won the five-match series 4-1.<\/p>\n
PLAYER-OF-THE-SERIES: Varun Chakravarthy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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