At the 2007 T20 World Cup, he slammed six sixes in an over against England. That feat helped him reach his fifty in just 12 balls, which remains the fastest T20I half-century by an Indian. Abhishek Sharma considers Yuvraj Singh his guru. Over the last few years, Abhishek has often found guidance from the great all-rounder. Both hail from Punjab and possess an aura of invincibility. Yuvraj played at a time when T20 cricket was still at a nascent stage and became its first global superstar.
Responding to Yuvraj’s playful social media message that he still could not score a fifty off 12 balls, Abhishek said batters do not chase such milestones. You can’t just go and score 50 off 12 balls.
Abhishek, though, said he is not ready to take up his mentor’s challenge of smashing a half-century off 12 balls, saying such feats are “not that easy”, even as he struck a match-winning century against New Zealand in the third T20I on Tuesday. “I don’t know what cricket he was playing back at that time, but it’s not that easy at all,” Abhishek said during the presentation ceremony. I would say if any batter wants to go there and bat like that, it’s not easy at all. It just happens once in a while,” he added.
So that was the plan, and that’s what we want to take throughout the series as well, and it went well,” he said. Because of the sidearms; we’ve been playing them a lot,” he said, i would say a special mention to our coaches.
Abhishek said the focus, particularly for him and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, was to get the team off to a flying start. His comments came after India registered a six-wicket, with the left-hander earning the Player of the Match award. “As a batter, we don’t go for that milestone. We always want to win the game for the team. Abhishek credited the coaching staff and the extensive practice with sidearm deliveries for helping him execute his natural game. “I feel it’s not that, I wouldn’t say it’s easy, that easy, but it’s just the preparation behind the scenes.
