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Abhishek Sharma scored half century in 16 balls
Abhishek considers Yuvraj Singh as his idol
New Delhi. Young batsman Abhishek Sharma created a stir in the IPL by hitting a stormy fifty in 16 balls. Abhishek scored runs at a strike rate of 273.91 in the 8th league match of IPL 2024. This left handed batsman of Sunrisers Hyderabad took a dig at the bowlers of Mumbai Indians. With the help of Abhishek’s stormy innings, Hyderabad made the biggest score in IPL history. This batsman, who plays domestic cricket for Punjab, scored the fastest half-century of the current season. Yuvi has taught the tricks of batting to Abhishek, who considers legendary all-rounder Yuvraj Singh as his idol. Abhishek considers Yuvraj Singh as his guru. On one hand, Yuvi is happy with his disciple’s explosive batting, on the other hand he has also slammed Abhishek.
Abhishek Sharma played an inning of 63 runs in 23 balls which included 3 fours and 7 sixes. Hyderabad scored 277 runs for 3 wickets against Mumbai (SRH vs MI), which is the highest score in IPL history. For his part, Travis Head scored 62 runs on 24 balls, while wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen played an unbeaten inning of 80 runs on 34 balls. Yuvraj Singh wrote a lot about Abhishek’s batting on social media.
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Yuvraj Singh, who has played in IPL for Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians, tweeted, ‘Wow Sir Abhishek Wow. Great innings. But what a great shot to get out! Rude people don’t understand soft language! Special slippers are waiting for you. 23 year old Abhishek Sharma has said many times before that the role of mentor Yuvraj Singh has been important in his batting. Whenever Abhishek faces any problem in his batting technique, he reaches out to Yuvi.
Abhishek met Yuvi in Punjab team
Abhishek Sharma had told in an interview at the beginning of the year that Yuvraj Singh has been his idol ever since he started playing. This budding batsman says that he wants to be like Yuvi. Abhishek said that he met Yuvraj Singh for the first time in the Punjab cricket team. He was available for some matches for Punjab. And during this time I followed whatever he told. I don’t know how my bonding with him became stronger in no time. Maybe he saw something in me. He always guides me.
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Tags: Abhishek Sharma, IPL, SRH vs MI, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Yuvraj singh
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 28, 2024, 12:18 IST