New Delhi: Team India defeated Zimbabwe by 100 runs in the second T20I at Harare Sports Club in Harare on July 7, Sunday. The Men in Blue levelled the series after losing the first T20I by 13 runs on Saturday.
Abhishek Sharma opened the batting along with Shubman Gill for India. Muzarabani dismissed Shubman Gill in the second over but Ruturaj Gaikwad and Abhishek stitched a crucial 137-run partnership for the second wicket. Gaikwad scored an unbeaten 77 runs off 47 balls with 11 boundaries and one maximum. Abhishek smashed his first T20I hundred, scoring 100 runs off 47 balls, his brilliant knock was laced with seven boundaries and eight maximums.
After the match, Abhishek Sharma revealed that he used the bat of his childhood friend Shubman Gill. Abhishek and Gill started their cricketing journey together from the under-12 and Abhishek said that his journey with Gill was quite beautiful and when he was selected for the Indian team the first call he received was from Shubman.
“It has been quite beautiful, starting as kids of 11-12 years. Yeah, we are playing together from Under-12. When I was selected for the country, the first call I received was from Shubman,” said Abhishek in the post-match press conference.
He also said Shubman’s bat is his lucky charm and he played with his bat in the pressure games many times.
“Today, I played with his bat, so special thanks to the bat. It happened from the under-12 days, as whenever I play a pressure game I ask him for a bat. It had happened in the IPL as well. Today was no exception as it went well as it usually happens,” said Abhishek.
Abhishek thanked Yuvraj Singh
He also thanked Yuvraj Singh and his father for their contribution to his career and said that they allowed him to play lofted shots from very young age
“Yuvi paaji has made a big contribution. I don’t consider myself as sixer-king or something like that. Special thanks to my dad for allowing me to play lofted shots. Generally, coaches don’t allow a young batter to hit lofted shots. But my dad always said if you wanted to play a lofted shot then it should go out of the ground. So, I wanted to follow that” Abhishek added.
Opener Abhishek Sharma revealed that he used his childhood friend Shubman Gill’s bat to score his first T20I century against Zimbabwe. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
