Abhishek, remember that day… when you defeated England single-handedly.

Wankhede ground was packed. The crowd was shouting Abhishek-Abhishek. England’s bowlers were in front. England would hardly be able to forget the story written by Abhishek Sharma that day. Abhishek not only created history in that match by scoring a century in just 37 balls in the 11th over, he also made his personal highest score of 135 runs. That too on just 54 balls. With this inning, Sharma ji destroyed the fort of England in such a way that this defeat became the biggest defeat of the British.

This match was played on 2 February 2025, when the England team came to tour India. The match in which Abhishek Sharma had achieved this feat was the fifth and last T20, in which Abhishek’s bat roared so much that all the bowlers got scared. Once again the same is expected from Abhishek Sharma in the semi-finals of T-20. When both the teams will face each other on March 5, that innings of Abhishek will definitely remain in England’s mind. That day was probably Abhishek Sharma’s. During his innings, Abhishek Sharma hit 7 fours and 13 sixes, which was the most number of sixes hit by any Indian in an innings.

England were trailing 3-1 in the T-20 series, the last match was to be played at Wankhede. The entire series was good for Abhishek, but the explosive innings were yet to come. Earlier in the match, he had given a fast start to India, but was not able to convert it into such an innings. There were 30 thousand spectators at Wankhede that day. England won the toss and asked India to bat first.

Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson.

England hoped that their pace attack would change everything by taking advantage of swing and bounce. But the opposite happened. In this match, India made its highest score of 95 runs in the powerplay. Of these, 58 runs were of Abhishek Sharma alone. In this innings, Abhishek hit shots everywhere from cover to point, from midwicket to long on. Be it Kars, Mark Wood or Joffra Archer, everyone was beaten badly.

Before this inning of Abhishek, the batsman who scored the most runs in T-20 for India was Shubman Gill, who had 126 runs. Abhishek had scored 135 runs. The 115-run partnership made with Tilak Verma in this match was made in just 43 balls, which tore apart England’s bowling. Abhishek was caught out on the ball of Adil Rashid in the 18th over. India had scored 247 runs in 20 overs, for this it had lost 9 wickets. This was a big score for England, although it was not impossible on the Wankhede pitch.