India, Feb. 2 -- Abhishek Sharma displayed brute force as he smashed England bowlers all round the park in the fifth and final T20I at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The left-handed batter made full use of the powerplay overs to give India a solid start after being asked to bat by England captain Jos Buttler. Abhishek Sharma brought up his century off just 37 balls to leave the visitors shell-shocked.

As a result of this knock, Abhishek Sharma recorded the second-fastest century for India in T20Is. The record belongs to Rohit Sharma, who had scored a ton off 35 balls against Sri Lanka in Indore in 2017.

Earlier, the second-fastest T20I century belonged to Sanju Samson, who had scored 100 runs off 40 balls against Bangladesh at the Rajiv ...