Abhishek Sharma opens up after scoring match-winning 14-ball fifty against New Zealand, says ‘I just want to…’
India registered a dashing win in the third T20I against New Zealand, not only the Men in Blue won by 8 wickets in just 10 overs but also clinched the series by 3-0. Abhishek Sharma was the star performer for India, he scored half-century in just 14 balls and then remained unbeaten at the score of 68.
Suryakumar Yadav also came back to form and scored 57 runs off 26 balls. This is his back-to-back fifty as he has now shut down all the questions which kept looming around his form.
Batting first, New Zealand scored 153 runs with only Glenn Philips as the top performer with 48 runs. India remained dominant with both bat and ball but one player who took the spotlight was Abhishek Sharma. After his dashing knock, Sharma reflected on his innings and revealed about his mindset in the game.
“That’s what my team wants from me and I just want to execute all the time. But obviously, it’s not easy to do it every time, but I think it’s all about mental as well and the atmosphere you get around your dressing room as well. That’s more than impossible for anyone (to break Yuvraj’s fastest T20 fifty record), but still, you never know. Any batsman could do it because I think all the batters have been batting really well in this series as well and going forward, it’s going to be fun.”
“(On hitting another 1st ball six) I wouldn’t say it’s like I want to go from the first ball. It’s just the instinct I get in between the wickets. I think about the bowler if he wants to get out on my first ball, then what he could bowl to me and that’s always there in my mind and I just want to play on that ball. (On stepping out of the crease and moving leg-side to access the off-side) If you see that, that’s all about the field placement because I never step out to the leg-side if I don’t get fielding on … there’s a leg side, because if I get room for myself, then I have the whole ground off-side for me. So, that’s always in my mind. I just want to play with the field.” Abhishek Sharma said after scoring match-winning knock
India has now clinched the five-match T20I series by 3-0 and both Abhishek Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav played match-winning knock leading India towards a solid win.