India crushed England by 150 runs in the fifth and final T20I to take the series 4-1 with opener Abhishek Sharma scoring a blazing century, which was followed by a collective effort from the bowlers at the Wankhede Stadium here on Sunday.

Asked to bat first, a fired-up Abhishek unleashed seven boundaries and 13 sixes en route to 135 (54 balls) as he scored the second-fastest T20I century by an Indian batter off 37 balls to help the hosts amass 247 for 9.

Indian bowlers Mohammed Shami (3/25), Varun Chakravarthy (2/25), Shivam Dube (2/11) and Abhishek Sharma (2/3) then stifled the England batters, managing to dismiss them for 97 runs with 9.3 overs to spare.

Abhishek missed equalling Rohit Sharma’s record of being the fastest Indian to score a T20I ton by just two balls. Rohit had hit a 35-ball T20I century for India against Sri Lanka in 2017.

Abhishek also scored a 17-ball half-century, which was the second fastest by an India. He also shared a 115-run second-wicket partnership with Tilak Varma (24). Abhishek Sharma also became the first player in the world to score a T20I hundred against England in less than 40 balls. The record for fastest T20I hundred against England was held by Aaron Finch who scored a hundred in 47 balls.

Phil Salt’s crucial inning for England of 55 runs in 23 balls with seven fours and three sixes kept England on track for the chase, but the rest of the batters produced an uninspired show at the Wankhede Stadium.

The major chunk of England batters — Ben Duckett (0), Buttler (7), Harry Brook (2) and Liam Livingstone (9) together made an embarrassing 18 runs on a perfect batting track. There wasn’t any resistance from the tail either. After hammering their bowlers, Abhishek returned to haunt England batters to take two wickets (2/3) in his only over, dismissing Brydon Carse (3) and Jamie Overton (1).

2nd biggest win for India

MILESTONES FOR ABHISHEK SHARMA IN MUMBAI T20I:

- Highest Ever score for India.

- Most Sixes in an innings for India.

- 2nd Fastest fifty for India.

- 2nd Fastest Hundred for India.

- Most runs in Powerplay.

Brief Scores:

India: 247/ 9 in 20 overs (Abhishek Sharma 135, Tilak Varma 24, Shivam Dube 30; Brydon Carse 3/38, Mark Wood 2/32).

England 97/10 in 10.3 overs (Phil Salt 55; Mohammed Shami 3/25, Varun Chakravarthy 2/25, Shivam Dube 2/11, Abhishek Sharma 2/3).