Lara took Abhishek Sharma to this special place, now become number 1 Indian batsman

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|05-02-2025

Team India's young batsman Abhishek Sharma has become a new sensation in international cricket. His bat is running fiercely in T20 format. In the recent T20 series played against England, he batted in an explosive manner and scored a century in 37 balls in the last match. Big legends of cricket are not tired of praising this player. In the latest T20I rankings of ICC, he has also become the second number batsman in the world. Abhishek Sharma has climbed 38 places to number-2 with 829 ratings. He has surprised everyone with his ability to hit sixes. Meanwhile, Abhishek's father Rajkumar Sharma has made a big disclosure about his son's batting technology.

Brian Lara helped Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek Sharma considers his mentor former Indian player Yuvraj Singh. Abhishek has taken training under the supervision of Yuvraj. Yuvraj Singh's spill is also seen in his batting. But West Indies veteran Brian Lara also contributes a major contribution in making Abhishek Sharma a Sixer King. Actually, Abhishek's father Rajkumar Sharma told in an interview to NDTV, 'The way Abhishek hit the shot swing, the credit goes to Brian Lara. Lara worked on Abhishek's bat swing and has improved her batting by playing golf. While playing in Sunrisers Hyderabad, Lara introduced Abhishek to golf.

Rajkumar Sharma further said, 'Yuvraj Singh has asked Abhishek to note everything about Lara. Seeing his eagerness to hit sixes, Lara took him to the golf course and said that this game will help in swinging your bat.

Abhishek Sharma's great figures in T20i

Let me tell you, Abhishek Sharma has played 17 T20 matches for Team India so far. During this, he has scored 535 runs at a strike rate of 193.84 and an average of 33.43. The special thing is that he has scored 2 half -centuries and 2 centuries. He has hit 46 fours and 41 sixes in this small career itself. Their strike rate is much higher than the rest of the players of Team India, which makes them different from the rest of the players.

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