India spun a web around England in the first innings at the Eden Gardens, bowling them out for 132 before the batters led by Abhishek Sharma made short work of the chase, winning by seven wickets and with more than seven overs to spare.

Jos Buttler led a lone battle with the bat, scoring 68 off 44 as Varun Chakravarthy (3-23), Ravi Bishnoi (0-22) and Axar Patel (2-22) never let them get away. In the second innings, Abhishek smashed his way through a rapid new-ball burst by Jofra Archer and Mark Wood to score 79 off 34 balls as Sanju Samson (26 off 20) and Tilak Verma (19 off 16) played supporting hands.

How many sixes did Abhishek Sharma hit?

Abhishek hit eight sixes in his 34-ball stay, the most by an Indian batter while chasing in a T20I.

Three of them came against Adil Rashid, two against Mark Wood, and one each against Gus Atkinson, Jamie Overton, and Jofra Archer.

What was the previous Indian record?

Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, and Axar Patel jointly shared the previous record for most sixes by an Indian while chasing in a men's T20I, each having hit six sixes once, with Rohit having done so twice.

The world record while chasing in men's T20Is is 18 sixes by Estonia's Sahil Chauhan, while that by a player from a Full Member nation is 13 by South Africa's Richard Levi.

Full list: Most sixes in a T20I knock while chasing