India, Feb. 3 -- Abhishek Sharma produced a T20 masterclass at the Wankhede Stadium, smashing a blistering 54-ball 135 to script history in India's emphatic 150-run demolition of England in the fifth T20I on Sunday. His knock, laced with 13 sixes and seven fours, was not just a display of fearless strokeplay but a record-breaking effort that propelled India to a 4-1 series triumph.

The 24-year-old left-hander registered the highest individual T20I score by an Indian, surpassing Shubman Gill's 126*. He also shattered the record for the most sixes in a T20I innings by an Indian, launching 13 maximums to go past Rohit Sharma's previous best (10).

At one point, Abhishek seemed destined to break Rohit's record for the fastest T20I hundred by...