India is blessed with quality players across formats. The Indian Premier League 2024 has seen a lot youngsters showing their talent and class. Riyan Parag, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Ashutosh Sharma are amongst the top performers. Abhishek, who plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad, is proving to be unstoppable and has already crossed the 450-run mark.
Former England player Michael Vaughan is backing Abhishek to represent India across formats like Yashasvi Jaiswal. He scored 66 runs off 28 balls as SRH defeated Punjab Kings to seal the second spot in the points table.
Vaughan said that Abhishek is technically sound and has a bat swing like Brian Lara and Yuvraj Singh.
“Yashasvi Jaiswal was given a chance to play for the Indian team after his performances in IPL. He has been a success story in Test cricket. Abhishek could do the same,” Michael Vaughan said on Cricbuzz.
“He could play for India across formats as he has got a good technique. Abhishek has got Brian Lara-esque and Yuvraj Singh-type swing of the willow,” he added.
“Yashasvi has been a wonder story. He came to international cricket and started dominating it from the start. It looked like that he was playing cricket for 15 years. Abhishek is not far off.”
Abhishek broke Virat Kohli’s record for the most sixes by an Indian batter in an IPL season.
“He is top of the tree when it comes to talented Indian players. It is fantastic,” he concluded.
Abhishek has scored 467 runs at an average of 38.92 and a strike-rate of 209.41 in 13 matches.
