Abhishek Sharma vs Yashasvi Jaiswal: The five-match T20 series between India and Zimbabwe will start from July 6. Shubman Gill has been made the captain for this tour and only young players have been selected. Abhishek Sharma has also got a chance for this tour and he can be seen playing from the first match itself. Yashasvi Jaiswal is also a part of the team but he will reach Zimbabwe after the first two matches.

Abhishek Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal are both left-handed batsmen and both are known for playing attacking cricket. Yashasvi Jaiswal has played many matches for Team India so far. He has also shown his talent in Test matches for the team, while this will be the first time for Abhishek Sharma. However, this time Abhishek has a good chance to perform brilliantly on the Zimbabwe tour and go ahead of Yashasvi Jaiswal in the race for Team India.

Statistics of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Abhishek Sharma

Yashasvi Jaiswal has played 9 Tests and 17 T20 Internationals for India so far. During this time, he has scored 1028 runs in Test matches and 502 runs in T20 Internationals. His strike rate in T20 has been 161.93. If we talk about Abhishek Sharma's statistics, he has not played for India yet but has definitely shown his strength in T20 matches. Abhishek Sharma has scored 2671 runs in 104 T20 matches so far. During this, his strike rate has been 153 and he has also scored 3 centuries in this format.

Abhishek Sharma is sure to get a chance in the first two matches against Zimbabwe and if he performs well in these two matches and the remaining matches of the series, then his claim for the upcoming matches can be strong. If Abhishek Sharma shows a consistently good performance in this series, then he can definitely get a chance in the next series and he can become a challenge for Yashasvi Jaiswal at least in T20.