India batter Abhishek Sharma on Sunday slammed his second T20I century during the fifth and final game of the series against England in Mumbai.
Abhishek reached the milestone in just 37 balls, missing India captain Rohit Sharma and David Miller's all-time record by a whisker.
Rohit and Miller hold the record for the fastest century (35 balls) among batters from Test playing nations. Abhishek looked on course of surpassing them at one point, but missed out in the end.
However, Abhishek still managed to etch his name in history books. He completed his century on the first ball of the 11th over, which is the earliest that any player has reached the landmark during a T20I innings.
India suffered an early setback with the dismissal of Sanju Samson. However, Abhishek wasted no time in counter-attacking, launching a brutal assault on England's pace attack.
which is now the highest individual score by an Indian batter in T20I history. This phenomenal knock broke Shubman Gill's previous record of an unbeaten 126.
England won the toss and sent India to bat in the final T20I. India is leading the series 3-1. After the wicket of Samson, Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Verma went for quick runs and hit the England bowlers to all parts of ground.