This article provides a blow-by-blow account of a thrilling T20 cricket match between India and England. Abishek Sharma's exceptional batting performance, coupled with strategic bowling and fielding by India, propelled them to a commanding victory. England faced challenges throughout the match, struggling to keep up with India's relentless pace and firepower.
Another spectacular catch over his shoulder by Captain Sky Yadav sees the end of Jamie Overton. England are struggling at the Wankhede. Abishek Sharma is unstoppable! He claims a wicket with his first ball as Carse flat bats straight to Varun on the straight boundary. Brydon Carse joins Bethell in the middle. The crowd are roaring, they know their side has dominated this match. That man Shivam Dube takes a crucial wicket and that's likely to be the game unless something extraordinary happens.
Salt tries to chase a wide ball and gets a big snick through to the keeper. Phil Salt has smashed his way to fifty off 21 balls. A six over midwicket sees him reach a half century and Jacob Bethell joins him with a powerful swipe over the leg-side for another big hit.6th over: England 68-3 (Salt 48, Bethell 9) Liam Livingstone square drives his first ball for four with a powerful strike. He follows up with a blistering drive down the ground that nearly takes Bishnoi’s wig off. England have no choice but to keep attacking. Brilliant tumbling catch in the deep by Varun and Brook is gone! England will keep hitting but they are currently losing ground.Salt continues his impressive performance, muscling two consecutive fours off the final two balls of the over from Varun. Fifty up for England. Bishnoi is going to bowl the next. Varun comes into the action and strikes immediately – Buttler is out! He attempted to launch down the ground but couldn’t clear the fielder in the deep. England are facing an even tougher challenge now. Harry Brook joins Phil Salt, buckle up folks.England needed a boost in momentum and they get one – seventeen runs off the over, Salt smashes a full toss for SIX and both men drive through the off side for four more apiece.Shami is pinged for four by Salt but it’s the only boundary of the over to go with the wicket of the dangerous Duckett. One of these two needs to score a substantial amount of runs.Gone first ball! Duckett plinks the first ball he does get to that man Abishek at short cover and he makes no mistake with the catch.Salt has had all the strike so far, Duckett hasn’t had a sniff. Hardik Pandya shares the new ball and bowls a decent first effort. England are now behind the rate!Bish, bash and bosh. Phil Salt drives down the ground and through the covers for a couple of fours and then hoicks Shami high and long over midwicket for SIX. I’m genuinely not sure I have the adjectives or minerals in me for another twenty overs of ridiculous hitting*. Come off it snowflake. As my old man would say of this live-blogging lark - “It’s hardly like being down t’pit lad.”Mohammed Shami has the ball and Phil Salt is on strike. England need the small matter of twelve runs an over, every over. That’s a record T20I score at the Wankhede. Axar was run out and Bishnoi held in the deep in the final over from JOverton but the lasting damage was done a long time ago by Abishek Sharma. England’s players are greeted by a smiling Brendon McCullum as they trudge off the field, he’ll have enjoyed that Abishek blitzkrieg and be pumping up his side to go out and match it. England have the talent, they’ve got a few minutes to slurp down some electrolytes and get focused on the sizeable task in hand. Phil Salt is due a score and Harry Brook has shown signs of getting back to his best. Can they fire after a punishing two hours in the field. Back soon, time for a slurp of something less luminous a this end.What an amazing, astonishing, genius innings by Abishek. But I must say he looked a bit concussed when he came off, might be worth subbing Bumrah in just as a precaution?”Wood finishes strongly, just three singles off his final over, he finishes with 2-32 off his four overs. Jamie Overton is going to bowl the final one and then we can all go and lie down for FIVE MINUTES before England come out all guns bruised and blazing.smoking sixes, off pace or spin, Abishek is splatting it into the crowd. He nails Rashid down the ground for two SIXES and the goes for a third… it’s up UP and OUT! Jofra holds on to a catch in the deep and one of the great T20I innings comes to a close. Abishek walks off and the Wankhede rises to him. He’s made England’s much vaunted pace and spin attack look like a primary school outfit today.17th over: India 219-6 (Abishek 120, Patel 5) Carse bowls his last and his finally given some tap. Abishek comes to life once more and blooters one over long on and drives along the baize for four down the ground. Axar then clears the front leg and smears down the ground for four more. Seventeen off the over but Carse can hold his head high 3-38 off his four overs.Shout out from the TBT Toads cricket team just finishing a 3 match tour of Mumbai. We’re a bunch of middle aged English guys of mixed ability (from ok to very poor). As I write we are the guests of the charming Chembur Gymkhana who charmingly beat us easily this afternoon
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