Abhishek Sharma 2nd Slowest T20I Fifty: After flopping in four consecutive matches, Abhishek Sharma finally got his bat in the T20 World Cup. Abhishek scored a fifty in the Super-8 match against Zimbabwe at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. This was his first half-century in the T20 World Cup, but with this he set the record of making the second slowest fifty.
Let us tell you that Abhishek completed his fifty in 26 balls. This was Abhishek’s second slowest fifty in T20 International. Earlier, Abhishek had scored the slowest fifty on 33 balls. In the tournament, Abhishek was out on a duck in the first 3 matches without opening his account. After this, he scored only 15 runs in the fourth match.
Played with patience against Zimbabwe
Abhishek Sharma was seen playing with restraint in the match against Zimbabwe. Often he starts aggressively from the first ball, but in this match he played comfortably, which benefited him.
India scored 256 runs in the first innings
Excellent batting was seen from India. Batting first, the team scored 256 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. This was India’s biggest total in the T20 World Cup. Earlier, India had made the highest total of 218 runs in the T20 World Cup. This has become the second highest total in the history of T20 World Cup. The record of making the highest total is in the name of Sri Lanka, who had put 260/6 runs on the board against Kenya in 2007.
Abhishek Sharma played the biggest innings for Men in Blue, scoring 55 runs in 30 balls with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from this, Hardik Pandya played an amazing inning and scored 50* runs in 23 balls with the help of 2 fours and 4 sixes. Rest Tilak Verma scored 44* runs in 16 balls by hitting 3 fours and 4 sixes.
