After a rare failure in the second T20I, India opener Abhishek Sharma returned back to form as he struck a fifty in just 14 deliveries.
Abhishek Sharma scored a 50 off 14 deliveries. (Photo Credits: BCCI/X)
India opener Abhishek Sharma went all guns blazing against New Zealand in the third T20I of the five-match series in Guwahati on Sunday. The left-handed aggressive batter smashed a 14-ball fifty, second fastest by an Indian in T20Is. While Sharma fired all cylinders in the third game, he was undone for 0 in the previous clash.
Now, the youngster has opened up about his dismissal and how sitting back on his regular spot in the team bus got him among runs again. In a video posted by the BCCI, Abhishek in a conversation with Arshdeep Singh explains what exactly went wrong.
"Before the last match, I sat on some other seat in the team bus. So, you saw what happened. Kab aya, kab gaya, pata hi nahi chala," Abhishek told Arshdeep.
"Then before the third match, I returned back to my original seat. I would like to tell all the players that sit on your fixed spots and there is no need of an experiment especially during a tournament," he added.
An innings full of fire 🔥
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Abhishek Sharma has been in some stunning form for India and the opening batter has been sublime form and has been scoring runs consistently for Team India. He played a massive role in India's winning triumph in the last T20I against New Zealand where the side took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series.
Abhishek struck a fifty in just 14 deliveries helping the hosts gun down the 154-run target in just 10 overs. Despite an early blow to the hosts after Sanju Samson was out on the first delivery of the chase, Sharma joined hands with Ishan Kishan and stitched a 53-run stand in just 3.2 overs.
Ishan was eventually out for 28 off 13 but Sharma continued his form and put up an unbeaten partnership of 102 runs for the third wicket. Suryakumar Yadav struck his second fifty on the trot in the series while Abhishek returned unbeaten at 68 off just 20, a knock decorated with five maximums and seven fours.
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