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Abhishek Sharma smashed a shocking 54-ball 135 within the fifth and last T20I between India and England, ending as the highest run-scorer of the sequence by a mile. Within the course of, Abhishek overtook India’s ODI vice-captain and Shubman Gill’s report of the very best particular person T20I rating by an Indian. Abhishek’s very good kind provides one other opening contender for India in restricted overs cricket, following the nice type of Yashasvi Jaiswal in Take a look at cricket. With Jaiswal and Abhishek churning out high performances, Gill is in a scramble for a spot on the high of the order, however the 25-year-old asserted that there isn’t a “toxic competition” between the three.
“Abhishek is a childhood of friend of mine. Jaiswal is also a friend, I don’t think there is any toxic competition between us. Obviously if you are playing for the country, you want to perform in every match, and not think that ‘I wish this guy doesn’t perform’.
“You’re enjoying for the nation and for the group and whosoever performs you congratulate them,” Gill said.
Gill, by virtue of more experience and past performances, is expected to partner Rohit Sharma at the top order in the Champions Trophy 2025.
Rohit’s batting in ODIs has been game changing
The spotlight is firmly on senior players Rohit and Kohli, who have struggled with the bat in recent times.
However, Gill was quick to highlight the skipper’s sensational form in white-ball cricket, which played a pivotal role in India reaching the 2023 ODI World Cup final. Even in the Sri Lanka series, Rohit scored two half centuries.
“The way in which Rohit bhai has been batting within the ODIs prior to now one yr and a half, it has been actually game-changing for us.”Taking the momentum right through from the start and taking the game away form ball one and it makes the job of the non-striker and the batsmen coming in a bit easier and I think it has helped our team a lot.”
With PTI inputs
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