Twitter Reactions: Abhishek Sharma's maiden T20I ton sees India post humongous total against Zimbabwe
The southpaw smashed seven boundaries and eight sixes at a strike rate of 212.77 before ending his knock on 100 off 47 balls.
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Team India took on Zimbabwe in the second T20I at the Harare Sports Club, in Harare, on (Saturday) July 7. The visitors won the toss and opted to bat first. The visitors made a significant change in their playing XI as Sai Sudharsan debuted at the expense of Khaleel Ahmed as India entered with an extra batter. Shubman Gill was dismissed in the second over scoring just two runs. Abhishek Sharma was joined by Ruturaj Gaikwad in the middle and the duo started to build the partnership.
Both Abhishek and Gaikwad stitched a 137-run stand for the second wicket and the former was on song as he scored his maiden international ton. The southpaw smashed seven boundaries and eight sixes at a strike rate of 212.77 before ending his knock on 100 off 47 balls. Rinku Singh joined Gaikwad in the middle after being promoted up the order and he took some time to settle at the start.
India come all guns blazing in Harare
The duo then took the Zimbabwean bowler to the cleaners smashing them all over the park. Credit to some misfielding and dropped chances, the batters shared 87 runs between them for the third wicket. Gaikwad scored a sublime 77 off 47 and Rinku pitched in with 48 off 22 as both remained unbeaten and India posted a huge total of 234 for 2 on the board in the second T20I of the series.
“It was pretty much tough, the first 15 balls I played, I didn’t even middle a single ball. Wicket was slightly tough, me and Abhishek talked that we should take our time and then go for our shots and it worked. He took on the spinners really well, we talked about maintaining our shape while playing our shots, the wicket was slightly two-paced, some balls were skidding and some were holding up. I think we need to stick to hard lengths, stick to good lengths, just Test match lengths, keep it simple and try to hit top of off,” said Gaikwad at the end of the first innings.
Here's how 'X' users reacted to India's innings:
Abhishek Sharma:
— Cheeku (@_kohlified_18) July 7, 2024
First 50 - 33 balls.
Next 50 - 13 balls.
- A CRAZY BATTING SHOW BY ABHISHEK. 🤯#INDvZIM #HappyBirthdayMSDhoni pic.twitter.com/OiPlHgA4kf
Abhishek Sharma smashed - 2,4,6,4,6,4 in a single over against Dion Myers. 🇮🇳🤯🔥🔥
— HAJARI GORA (@GoraHajari) July 7, 2024
The future star of Indian cricket is here. ⭐👏#AbhishekSharma #ZIMvIND#AbhishekSharma pic.twitter.com/GFtuchrYFw
Abhishek Sharma. #4. Centurion for #TeamIndia 🥹🧡#ZIMvIND pic.twitter.com/CTvygsbMhE
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) July 7, 2024
Mentored by Yuvraj Singh. Got to his maiden T20I hundred with 3 sixes! 🤌
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) July 7, 2024
Abhishek Sharma is here to write his own story! 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/JswR4WFBUH
3 consecutive sixes to reach your first intl hundred after getting a duck on debut, Abhishek Sharma has arrived 🥵 pic.twitter.com/hB1PvKMCmK
— cricket is ALIVE (@anubhav__tweets) July 7, 2024
Magnificent 💯!!
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) July 7, 2024
Abhishek Sharma scores a blazing 𝟒𝟔-𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 in just his second T20I. All you can do is stand and admire! Sensational innings... 🇮🇳🙌🏏#AbhishekSharma #T20Is #ZIMvIND pic.twitter.com/3WrVTpoGvB
HUNDRED FOR ABHISHEK SHARMA!!! WHAT A PLAYER WELL DONE YOUNG MAN!!!
— ImRo45 (@AlamgirSh1997) July 7, 2024
Debut T20I match Duck and 2nd T20I 💯 . pic.twitter.com/Hl22JjMjeS
Fifty for Ruturaj Gaikwad!
— Yash (@CSKYash_) July 7, 2024
Struggled to get going, looked very unusual Rutu but still good to see him get some runs. Did support Abhishek well. pic.twitter.com/IhVdIfr0IV
Fifty for Ruturaj Gaikwad!
— Yash (@CSKYash_) July 7, 2024
Struggled to get going, looked very unusual Rutu but still good to see him get some runs. Did support Abhishek well. pic.twitter.com/IhVdIfr0IV
Abhishek sharma just batting like a WOW.
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar) July 7, 2024
Game changer 🇮🇳💪 #INDvsZIM
50 for Ruturaj Gaikwad from 38 balls.🔥
— Pratham Haluai (@pratham__haluai) July 7, 2024
Man is showing his class🙌🏻#ZIMvIND #RuturajGaikwad pic.twitter.com/xm4ThFcuDY
A 104M six by Raja Rinku Singh. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/doDFisWjuW
— KnightRidersXtra (@KRxtra) July 7, 2024
Rinku Singh Best Finisher of India 🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Naman Jain (@Naman_kJain) July 7, 2024
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