What happened to Abhishek (Photo-PTI)
India vs South Africa: Abhishek Sharma is known for his stormy batting. This player hits more sixes than fours. This is the reason why his strike is close to 200 and rank is number 1. But this player performed very disappointingly in the T20 World Cup warm-up match against South Africa. Abhishek Sharma played 18 balls against South Africa and scored only 24 runs. His strike rate was 133.33, which according to him is very slow batting. Abhishek hit 3 fours and one six in his innings but he played too many dot balls.
Abhishek Sharma’s struggle
When Abhishek Sharma came to bat, he was not able to play the ball properly from the very first ball. Abhishek scored only one run on the first 7 balls, meaning he played the first 6 dot balls in the powerplay. However, in the over of Corbin Bosch who came to bowl the fourth over, he made his intentions clear by hitting three consecutive fours. This player also hit a six on the ball of Norkhia in the fifth over. However, after the powerplay ended, Abhishek Sharma got trapped again. After Abhishek Sharma played 15 balls, he played the next 3 balls as dots. After the completion of 8 overs, Abhishek was called back by Team India and he retired hurt.
Why is Abhishek not scoring fast runs a matter of concern?
It is not that it will be good only if Abhishek Sharma bats fast in every match. But the matter of concern here is that Abhishek has batted slowly on a pitch which was absolutely flat. Abhishek’s partner Ishan Kishan scored 53 runs at a strike rate of 265. Tilak scored 45 runs at a strike rate of 236. Surya’s strike rate was also close to 200. Abhishek playing slow innings on this pitch is a cause for concern.