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Abhishek Sharma hit 13 sixes in the innings of 135 runs.
India won the fifth T20 match against England by 150 runs. With this, the team won the series 4–1. With the help of Abhishek Sharma’s records, India registered the second biggest win of its T20 career.
On Sunday, Player of the Match Abhishek said- playing for the country is always special. Player of the Series Chakraborty said, this is the best performance of my T20 career. Indian captain Surya said, we played high risk cricket. At the same time, Jose Butler said, I am saddened by defeat. Coach Gautam Gambhir said, did not see the best T20 century from Abhishek.
In the story, know what the players and coaches said after the match …
Abhishek said- playing for the country is always special Player of the Match Abhishek Sharma said, “The feeling of century for the country is special.” As soon as I feel that today will be my day, I start playing shots with the first ball. The team always supported me, they also like my introduction. When bowling at 140+ speed, we have to react faster.
You have to react fast while playing against a world class bowler like Archer. Still I liked the shots played against Adil Rashid. Yuvi sir always says that I have to bat for 15 to 20 overs. This is what I did today.
I would like to dedicate the award son and wife: Chakravarti Player of the series Varun Chakraborty, who took 14 wickets in the series, said, I am happy that I did a great fielding. Fielding coach Dilip works hard to train all of us in catch and ground fielding. This is the best performance of my T20 career, but still needs improvement. I would like to dedicate my son and wife in this award.
Surya said- wants to play high risk cricket India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav said, ‘Seeing the match situation, I felt that it would be good to give bowling to Dubey (Shivam) and Abhishek (Sharma). This decision was correct. We want to play high risk cricket, in which the reward is also found more. We are also getting good results from this.
I am very happy for Abhishek’s family, he must have enjoyed the son’s innings. Whenever time is found in the practice session, Chakravarti (Varun) works hard with fielding coach Dilip sir. He asked for standing in outfield today and all of you saw the results. They also keep experimenting in bowling.
Did not see the best T20 century from Abhishek: Gambhir On winning the series, Indian coach Gautam Gambhir said, ‘England is a high quality side, we are not afraid of losing the game. Today we were left 10 runs behind our score, the planning was up to 250-260. This is a game of cricket and the same happens in it. The cricket of this brand will be dismissed for 120 runs, but we will follow this path.
I have always been supporting players like Abhishek Sharma. They play fearless cricket. I have not seen a better T20 century (a century of Abhishek) in front of such a spectacular bowling attack (140-150 kmph speed).
Gambhir further said, ‘These players have played a lot of cricket against each other in the IPL. When the result comes in your favor, everything becomes good. Our players know what it means to represent 140-150 crore Indians. For me, Bishnoi and Varun bowling together were series disider. Shivam Dubey could throw four overs today, he has the ability to bowling. We will also play attacks in ODI cricket too.
Butler said- I am saddened by the series defeat England captain Jose Butler said, ‘We are saddened by the series defeat, we did some things, but we have to work on many things. We want to play this brand cricket. India played excellent cricket, especially when the team plays at home, it becomes even more dangerous.
The bowling of some bowlers in the team was excellent, Bridan Cars and Mark Wood were excellent today. I have seen a lot of cricket, but Abhishek’s inning looked the best. ‘
Working with Morkel helped: Dubey Shivam Dubey, who took 2 wickets in the last T20, said, “If you perform as an all-rounder for the team, it feels good.” I have been doing this for a long time. I knew that today I had to bowling instead of third semen. I gave the team a wicket.
The pitch was fantastic for batting. I performed well in both batting and bowling). I try to play my shots in batting. I am constantly working with our new bowling coach Morne Morkel. Which helped me today.