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Yuvraj Singh told me I can become better bowler than him: Abhishek Sharma
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SRH opener Abhishek Sharma played a crucial part in the team’s win against RR in Qualifier 2 of the competition. SRH beat RR by a significant margin of 36 runs in Chennai despite scoring only 175 runs in the first innings of the game. At the heart of SRH’s win were two left-arm off spinners, Abhishek Sharma and Shahbaz Ahmed who picked 5 wickets between themselves on Friday, 24 May.
Abhishek, despite failing with the bat in the first innings, came clutch with the ball, having not bowled for almost the entirety of the season. The spinner picked 2 wickets and bagged two crucial wickets of Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer to hand advantage to SRH in the knockout game. Speaking after the match, an elated Abhishek said that he knew that he was handy with the ball but needed to convince his coach and captain to give him bowling in the match.
“I think my dad will be very happy because he was a left arm spinner, he has been working very hard on my bowling. Somehow I knew that if I kept working on my bowling, I can do something for my team. From junior cricketI have been bowling a lot and taking wickets and I was waiting for this opportunity,” Abhishek said in a video uploaded by the Indian Premier League website.
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“It did not come that easily as I had to really show my captain and coaches in the practice, because they had not seen much,” he further added.
HIGH PRAISE FROM YUVRAJ SINGH
Abhishek spoke about his mentor – legendary Yuvraj Singh and revealed the latter’s motivating words. Abhishek said that Yuvraj told him that Abhishek could be a better bowler than him one day.
“Whenever I have had conversations about bowling with Yuvi paji (Yuvraj Singh), he has always said that I can become a better bowler than him. I always had that in my mind, I think he will be happy as well that I contributed with my bowling,” Abhishek said.
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Yuvraj Singh’s all-rounder performance had helped India win the ODI World Cup 2023. Yuvraj was named the player of the tournament for his performances.
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