Twenty-three-year-old Abhishek Sharma was able to make the right noise having scored a hundred in his second international match. After that debut match horror where the left handed batter got a duck he came back strongly in the second T20I against Zimbabwe where he slammed a hundred. Kohli and Sharma, playing the last season of their T20I career, created a passage for the young players to perform on the global level.
However, Abhishek has handed out a statement for the selectors to note for him to get a place in the T20I side, he will have to fend off fierce competition for the opener’s slot once Yashasvi Jaiswal returns for the second T20I Zimbabwe fixture.
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He was part of the T20 World Cup in Barbados too but unfortunately did not get a match to prove his mettle in the tournament, Jaiswal will be eager to get on to the cricket field once again in the last three T20Is against Zimbabwe.
Former Zimbabwe cricket player and team captain, Andy Flower also opined the same stating that with India moving to anaveraged transmission Jaiswal Vs Abhishek for opening is the contest people want to see.
“Well, we have got Jaiswal still coming into the series, haven’t we? So that sort of competition is exactly what the Indian selectors and all the Indian followers are looking for. It makes it really interesting and it’s great for the Indian game if they have got lots of options like that,” Flower said on Sony Sports.
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“He should be confident at the moment coming off such a great IPL and then getting a hundred in his second international match. So what a great start. It’s really important to get those runs as a young player because confidence and self-belief are so important to your chance of doing well. So I am very happy for him and I am looking forward to seeing more of him in this series,” Flower elaborated.