India vs England 5th T20I LIVE Scorecard: England Off To Flying Start After Abhishek Sharma Helps India Post 247/9
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India vs England 5th T20I LIVE Updates: Phil Salt gave England a fiery start, scoring 17 runs off the first over bowled by Mohammed Shami as England began their chase of 248 in the fifth T20I at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.. Earlier, Abhishek Sharma smashed 135 off 54 balls, as India posted a mammoth total of 247/9 in 20 overs. His century, coming in 10.1 overs, is the earliest a player has hit a T20I hundred. Abhishek went on to hit the highest score by an Indian in T20I cricket, surpassing Shubman Gill. Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube also chipped in with quickfire cameos. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Here are the LIVE Score and Updates of India vs England 5th T20I –
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21:04 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Pandya into the attack
Hardik Pandya into the attack, and is making life difficult for Phil Salt. Taking the pace off, bowling some clever cutters and swinging it well. Four dots in a row!
ENG 19/0 (1.4)
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21:00 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Salt lucky!
Phil Salt is going for it here! Tries to go big again, the ball goes high up and falls beyond Hardik Pandya who was giving the chase from mid-on. End-to-end action!
ENG 16/0 (0.4)
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20:59 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Phil Salt ON FIRE!
4, 4, 6! The first three balls have been smashed to the boundaries. What a start for England. Can Phil Salt return to form tonight?
ENG 14/0 (0.3)
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20:58 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: 4, 4!
BANG! Phil Salt sends a clear message. First ball races away to the fence, through the covers. Second ball races away to the fence, straight down the ground.
ENG 8/0 (0.2)
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20:56 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: The players are back
Phil Salt and Ben Duckett are out to open for England. Mohammed Shami will open the bowling for the men in blue.
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20:54 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: 2nd highest run-chase
England will need to pull off the second-highest run chase in T20I cricket history, and the highest in their history if they want to win this game.
One positive? Their highest T20I chase to date happened at this very stadium, the Wankhede! England chased down 230 against SA in the 2016 T20 World Cup.
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20:52 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: India bowlers must deliver!
247 may seem like a huge total, but England have a dangerous batting lineup. Not to forget, this belter of a Wankhede pitch. Phil Salt, Jos Buttler, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, dangerous hitters. This game is far from over.
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20:51 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: ABHISHEK SHARMA
What a player, what a knock. India made 247, 135 off them came in just 54 balls from the blade of Abhishek Sharma. Seven 4s, thirteen 6s!
Unreal, unreal knock.
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20:46 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: INDIA post 247
Ravi Bishnoi gets caught in the deep on the final ball. India finish with 247 in 20 overs. A huge, huge target in front of England.
IND 247/9 (20)
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20:44 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: OUT!
Axar Patel tries to pick up two, but doesn’t make it back in time. India lose their 8th wicket. 250 looks difficult here, Ravi Bishnoi must get at least 3!
IND 247/8 (19.5)
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20:43 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: 4!
Axar Patel given width and times it over extra cover for a boundary. India inching closer to 250.
IND 246/7 (19.3)
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20:41 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Can India cross 250?
Great 19th over by Mark Wood. Only 3 runs come off it. India on 240, with one over to go. Axar Patel and Mohammed Shami in the middle.
IND 240/7 (19)
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20:36 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Abhishek departs, take a bow!
Abhishek Sharma departs! 135 off 54 balls. Huge round of applause from the Wankhede. England players come over to shake his hand. The dugout are on their feet.
What. A. Knock.
IND 237/7 (18)
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20:35 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: ABHISHEK MAKES HISTORY!
Highest-ever score by an Indian in T20I cricket! Abhishek up to 128, overtakes Shubman Gill’s record of 126. Clears the ropes, with Adil Rashid into the attack.
IND 229/6 (17.2)
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20:31 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Axar Patel 4!
Axar Patel, classy! Hit straight for 4. Superb timing.
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20:29 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: SIX Abhishek!
Abhishek Sharma hits his 11th six! Most sixes by an Indian in a T20I innings. Not even Brydon Carse has been spared by the mightly left-hander.
IND 215/6 (16.5)
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20:27 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Welcome back Abhishek!
8 runs in 8 balls after the century, and finally Abhishek picks up a boundary! Hit hard, down the ground for 4.
IND 206/6 (16.2)
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20:26 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Slight dip in momentum
India were looking, and perhaps still look, well set for 250. But some quick wickets here have slightly derailed the run flow.
On a flat wicket at the Wankhede, every run counts.
IND 202/6 (16)
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20:25 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Rinku OUT!
Rinku Singh departs cheaply. Three reds, shows the DRS review. Only one more recognized batter left in the lineup in the form of Axar Patel.
IND 202/6 (15.5)
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20:23 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Rinku given out, takes DRS!
Rinku Singh given out LBW by the umpire! The left-hander takes a review immediately.
IND 202/5 (15.4)
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20:22 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: 200 FOR INDIA
200 for India in 15.3 overs! Jofra Archer has been handed his 4th over. Goes for a yorker, mistimes it, goes outside the leg-stump and Rinku flicks it for a boundary.
IND 200/5 (15.3)
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20:20 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: 5 overs left!
India reach 194, and have five overs to get to 250 and beyond! Abhishek Sharma undoubtedly looks a little more tired, so the onus is on Rinku Singh to go big here.
IND 194/5 (15)
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20:18 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: OUT!
Hardik Pandya with a helicopter shot-esque flick, timed beautifully, but straight at the fielder at deep square leg. Good field-setting by England, the tactic works. India lose their fifth wicket.
IND 193/5 (14.4)
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20:17 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Pandya goes big!
India are motoring along towards 200! Hardik Pandya clears the ropes for the first time, over mid-wicket.
IND 193/4 (14.3)
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20:14 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Hardik Pandya in!
Hardik Pandya walks in at No. 6 to a huge standing ovation from the Wankhede! Oh how the atmosphere has changed in the space of 12 months.
IND 185/4 (14)
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20:14 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Hardik Pandya in!
Hardik Pandya walks in at No. 6 to a huge standing ovation from the Wankhede! Oh how the atmosphere has changed in the space of 12 months.
IND 185/4 (14)
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20:11 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Dube departs!
Was that the commentator’s curse? Short ball by Brydon Carse, Dube tries to hook it over fine leg, but finds Adil Rashid in the deep. A superb cameo from the southpaw.
Third wicket for Brydon Carse!IND 182/4 (13.2)
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20:09 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Dube in the party
Hit hard, and hit for 4! So hard that the fielder at mid-off had no chance to stop it! 30 off 12 balls, Dube is eyeing his own fast 50 here.
IND 182/3 (13.1)
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20:07 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: England take DRS!
The ball crashes into Abhishek Sharma’s toes. Umpire signals not out, but England have taken the DRS. Ball pitches outside leg-stump, and Abhishek survives.
IND 173/3 (12.4)
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20:06 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Big record for Abhishek!
Abhishek may have missed out on the fastest century by a player from a Test-playing nation, but he has got another one. Reaching his ton in 10.1 overs, it is the earliest a player has reached a T20I hundred.
The previous record was held by Quinton de Kock’s ton vs WI in 2023 at Centurion, which came in 10.2 overs.
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20:01 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Dube goes after Archer!
Four and then six! Jofra Archer has endured a terrible night. Shivam Dube picks up his first runs.
IND 161/3 (12)
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19:59 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Shivam Dube in the middle
Shivam Dube has walked in at No. 5. A slight lull in the scoring rate, only 5 runs come off the 11th over. Decent over by Brydon Carse, who is now 2/14 in 2 overs.
IND 148/3 (11)
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19:55 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: SKY goes!
Suryakumar Yadav mistimes his signature shot, and is gone! The ball went miles up and Phil Salt took a terrific catch. A series to forget for India’s T20I captain.
IND 145/2 (10.2)
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19:53 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: CENTURY!
100 for Abhishek Sharma in 37 balls! Five 4s, ten 6s. The Wankhede has been entertained to one of the best-ever T20I knocks by an Indian. Crazy knock.
IND 145/2 (10.1)
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19:51 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: 143 in 10 overs!
WOW. Abhishek Sharma 99 off 36, the others have slammed a fair few big blows as well.
IND 143/2 (10)
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19:47 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Abhishek doesn’t get the record!
Two dots, and Abhishek Sharma reaches 34 balls on 94! Smashes a boundary right after, and then takes a single. 99 off 36!
IND 141/2 (9.4)
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19:45 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Tilak OUT!
Good short ball by Brydon Carse, Tilak reacts late and gets a thick edge. Collected by Phil Salt behind the stumps.
IND 136/2 (9)
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19:44 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: 94 off 32!
The record is in sight! Six more, Abhishek Sharma needs to score 6 more runs in 2 balls for the record of the fastest-ever century by a non-associate nation player.
IND 136/1 (8.5)
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19:40 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: 100 partnership!
100-run partnership in just 6 overs between Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma. How does it come? Six off Abhishek’s blade, of course.
Abhishek up to 85 off 28!
IND 126/1 (7.5)
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19:39 (IST)
IND vs ENG 5th T20I LIVE: Fastest-ever T20I 100 in sight?
The fastest T20I century by a player not of an associate nation is 35 balls, held jointly by Rohit Sharma and David Miller. Abhishek is 79 off 27!
21 runs in 7 balls? Can he do it?
IND 119/1 (7.3)
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