Abhishek Sharma: Team India's promising young batsman Abhishek Sharma created a sensation with his explosive batting during the last IPL. Thanks to this, the left-handed batsman got a chance to debut in international cricket. However, before making a splash in the IPL, this Punjab cricketer has already left his mark in domestic cricket.

During the 2021 Vijay Hazare Trophy, Abhishek (Abhishek Sharma) created a lot of discussion by playing an inning of 169 runs in a match. Today in this article we are going to discuss about that innings in detail. Let us appreciate his strong innings in detail.

When Abhishek Sharma scored 169 runs

Actually this incident happened on 12th December 2021. The match was being played between Services and Punjab under Vijay Hazare Trophy. If we talk about this match, Services decided to bat first after winning the toss. This team, which came to bat first, scored 260 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 50 overs.

In response, Punjab team achieved the target by losing just one wicket in 37.5 overs. To a large extent the credit for this goes to Abhishek Sharma. The left-handed batsman scored 169 runs facing just 117 balls. His innings included 17 fours and 9 sixes. The 24-year-old cricketer's strike rate during this innings was 144.44. Apart from him, Prabhsimran Singh also scored 72 runs.

Came into limelight during IPL 2024

Abhishek Sharma came into limelight the most during IPL 2024. He used to open the innings for Sunrisers Hyderabad and bat in a explosive manner. This young player, along with Travis Head, created a stir in the opposition camp.

Abhishek scored a total of 484 runs in 16 matches last season. During this period, three half-century innings came from his bat. Due to this, the 24-year-old batsman got a place in Team India in the five-match T20 series played on the Zimbabwe tour this year. He completely justified this decision of the selectors and scored a century in his second match.