India's destructive opener Abhishek Sharma is in the form of his life. The Punjab batter, mentored by legendary all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, also flexed his form in the five-match T20I series against Australia, where the Suryakumar Yadav-led side registered a 2-1 series win after the fifth clash in Brisbane washed out due to bad weather. Abhishek was the highest run-getter against Australia, amassing 163 runs in 5 matches and bagged the Player of the Series award.
Yuvraj Singh reveals Abhishek Sharma's secret
A clip is going viral on social media where Yuvraj disclosed a secret about the young batter, sharing that anyone can take anything from Abhishek except his bats. The legendary all-rounder mentioned that Abhishek is unwilling to part with his willows and often provides inaccurate information about the number of bats he owns.
“You can take anything from Abhishek Sharma, but nobody can take a bat from him," Yuvraj said in an interaction where Abhishek was also present.
“Ye mar jayega, pit jayega, ro dega par apna bat nahi dega (He will fight for it, even cry, but won’t give away his bat). Even if he has 10 bats, he’ll still say, I only have two. He took all my bats, but he gives his own," Yuvraj added.
Abhishek Sharma becomes fastest batter to score 1000 T20I runs
Abhishek Sharma became the fastest batter to score 1,000 runs in T20Is in terms of balls faced during the fifth T20I against Australia. Abhishek reached the milestone in just 528 deliveries, breaking the previous record held by Suryakumar Yadav, who took 573 balls to achieve the feat. Overall, Abhishek became the fastest Indian batter to reach 1000 runs in T20Is by innings after Virat Kohli.
Fastest Indians to reach 1000 runs in T20Is (by innings)
Virat Kohli: 27 innings
Abhishek Sharma: 28 innings
KL Rahul: 29 innings
Suryakumar Yadav: 31 innings
Rohit Sharma: 40 innings.