New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Abhishek Sharma unleashed his beast mode as the India opener smashed the second-fastest century by an Indian in T20Is against England in the fifth game on Sunday in Mumbai. Sent into bat first, Abhishek Sharma played 54 balls for his 135, which included 13 sixes and seven fours as India posted a mammoth 247/9 in 20 overs.

The southpaw completed his hundred in just 37 balls, missing Rohit Sharma's record for the fastest Indian to a T20I hundred by mere two balls. Rohit had hit a 35-ball T20I ton against Sri Lanka in 2017.

Earlier, Abhishek Sharma raced to his fifty in just 17 balls, breaking KL Rahul's record of a 18-ball fifty., when he hit Jamie Overton for a massive six in the fifth over. He also shared a 115-run ...