Abhishek Sharma scored a scorching 74 runs innings in India's Super 4 Asia Cup 2025 match vs Pakistan on Sunday.
He hammered 5 sixes and six fours off 39 balls, assisting India in reaching the target of 172 with 7 balls to spare. All this, despite being countered by some of the best quick bowlers from Pakistan, including Haris Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi, Abhishek did not lose his cool and carried out his strategy perfectly.
He explained his views with former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag after the game about why Pakistani bowlers nowadays found him so difficult to get out.
In a chat show on Sony Liv, Abhishek made an open comment on the calibre of Pakistan's bowling attack at the moment. He feels the bowlers India's biggest rivals have right now are not even in the league of the bowlers faced by legendary names like Sehwag.
"Jo Viru paaji ne bowlers ko maare hue hai, vo bowlers mujhe nahi laggta ab vo hai koi (The bowlers that Viru paaji has hit, I don't think there's anyone like those bowlers in the current team)," Abhishek said on Sony Sports.
Sehwag, in the course of the conversation, also offered Abhishek some valuable tips on how to turn his starts into huge scores. He emphasized how turning 50s and 70s into hundreds is essential, lest opportunities be regretted at a later date.
"Whenever you reach 70, don't miss out on 100 because Sunil Gavaskar said to me - when you retire, you'll remember the innings where you got out on 70 or 80. If you convert those, maybe your career will have more hundreds because these opportunities don't come again and again. When you're batting well, on your day, try to go not out - it's better," Sehwag said.
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