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Abhishek Sharma scored 54-ball 135 and claimed 2 wickets throughout India’s fifth T20I vs England.© BCCI
India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Sunday mentioned he has not seen a “better T20 hundred” than Abhisek Sharma’s 54-ball 135 in opposition to England in Mumbai and asserted that the staff will proceed to play in a “fearless” method going ahead. Abhishek’s brutal century was the cornerstone of India’s heavy 150-run win over England, which additionally helped India bag the T20I collection 4-1. “We are going to do this going forward, got to play fearless cricket. We want to keep backing players like Abhishek Sharma. We have to be patient to with these boys. Most of these boys believe in the ideology of playing fearless cricket,” Gambhir advised host broadcaster after the match.
“I haven’t seen a better T20 hundred (Abhishek’s ton) against bowlers who are bowling at 140-150 kph consistently,” he added.
There have been talks about rift in Indian dressing room after the staff’s disastrous outing within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy collection in opposition to Australia.
Gambhir mentioned all the things will fall in place as soon as the staff returns to the profitable methods.
“They (these players) have played a lot of cricket against each other. That’s all Indian cricket is all about us.
“When outcomes begin going your method, all the things goes effectively. Our gamers know what it means to signify 140-150 crore Indians,” he added.
Gambhir hinted that India will adopt the aggressive approach in the upcoming ODI series, beginning in Nagpur on February 6.
“England are a really top quality aspect. We do not wish to concern shedding a recreation. We wish to get to a complete of 250-260, and at occasions we are going to get bowled out for 120, however we’re heading in the right direction (in T20Is).
“We want to play as aggressively as we can in the ODIs, (we) want to entertain the crowd.” On the controversy surrounding Harshit Rana coming in as a concussion sub for Shivam Dube within the earlier match at Pune, Gambhir mentioned quite evenly: “He (Dube) probably bowled four overs today.”
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