India vs Zimbabwe: Abhishek Sharma’s secret? A borrowed bat | Cricket Information – Instances of India

Abhishek Sharma introduced his arrival on the worldwide stage with a scorching century within the second T20I of his profession towards Zimbabwe on the Harare Sports activities Membership on Sunday, and he did it with a borrowed bat.
After scoring 100 off 47 balls, which powered India to a mammoth 234 for two and ultimately helped the guests win by 100 runs to stage the five-match sequence at 1-1, the 23-year-old Abhishek revealed that he did with skipper Shubman Gill‘s bat.”As we speak I performed with Shubman Gill’s bat…every time I feel there’s a stress recreation or it is a match the place I ought to carry out, I normally take his bat,” stated the batting sensation, who, like Gill, hails from Punjab and can be mentored by India nice Yuvraj Singh.

Popping out to open, Abhishek smashed eight sixes and seven fours in his innings that got here at a strike fee of 212.77, earlier than being dismissed by left-arm spinner Wellington Masakadza.
Ruturaj Gaikwad contributed an equally blistering 77 not out off 47 balls, adopted by Rinku Singh who smashed an unbeaten 48 off 22 balls.

Pacers Avesh Khan and Mukesh Kumar then took three wickets every to finish India’s large win.