Another brilliant half-century from Abhishek Sharma (Photo-PTI)
Abhishek Sharma Batting: Abhishek Sharma is looking in great shape before the T20 series against South Africa. After thrashing Bengal, this left-handed batsman now gave water to Baroda’s bowling unit as well. Baroda team also had bowlers like Hardik Pandya against whom Abhishek Sharma batted freely. The world number 1 T20 batsman scored a half-century in just 18 balls in this match. However, this player was out as soon as he scored his half-century.
Abhishek Sharma’s explosive batting
Abhishek Sharma played big shots as soon as he came to the crease. He played four balls of Hardik Pandya and Sharma scored 12 runs on them. He hit a six and a four in Pandya’s over. After this he thrashed Rasik Salaam tremendously. Sharma scored 25 runs on his 8 balls, which included 2 sixes and 3 fours. Abhishek Sharma hit 4 sixes and 5 fours in his innings. Meaning, he scored 44 runs out of 50 by hitting boundaries. On the basis of his stormy batting, Punjab scored 222 runs in 20 overs. Anmolpreet Singh also played an inning of 69 runs in 32 balls. Hardik Pandya gave away 52 runs in 4 overs in this match, he got one wicket.
Abhishek is in amazing form
Before this match, Abhishek Sharma had brutally beaten the Bengal bowlers. Abhishek had scored 148 runs in 52 balls in the last match. In that match, Abhishek hit 16 sixes and 8 fours. Sharma scored a half-century in just 12 balls and a century in 32 balls. Abhishek had thrashed bowlers like Mohammed Shami and Akash Deep. It is clear that Abhishek is in good form, his batting against South Africa will be worth watching.